Need help with a death record... Dresden bombing victims

Martha Murray

Dresden, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1957 - Ancestry.com

Hi

Can anyone help translate this death record?

I assume they died as a result of the apocalyptic Dresden bombings.

Thank you

Martha Murray

Robert Seal_1

@Martha Murray

Hello Martha,

Yes, your assumption about the Dresden bombings is correct.

Translation:

Number 672.
Administrative District VII, Dresden-Leuben, on the 5th of June 1945.

The merchant, Louis Adelhelm, residing in Dresden, on the Frauenkirche 3, on 20 February 1945 in Dresden on the Frauenkirche 3, was found dead. The date and hour of death are unknown. He was killed in an air raid.

The decedent was born 2 October 1883 in Heidelberg.

Father: unknown

Mother: unknown.

The decedent was married with Elsa Adelhelm, née Techt, residing in Dresden.

Registered on written notification of the Command of the Security Police - Department of Criminal Police, Dresden.

The Civil Registrar: Heingen.

Cause of death: death by air raid.

Martha Murray

Hi Robert

Thanks. Wonder what happened to his wife. Dresden is her hometown.

Robert Seal_1

You're welcome, Martha.