Karl Herzberg was born on September 8, 1902 in Lesnian/West Prussia as the son of the businessman Berthold Herzberg and his Jewish wife.
He had an older brother Berthold. Karl trained as a welder and completed an engineering degree. He then married Elsa Zimet, a sales representative who was born on April 19, 1908 in Essen. Their daughter Ruth Reisel was born on August 23, 1938.
Karl Herzberg lived with his family in his father's house in Zehlendorf, Am Wieselbau 26.
After 1938, Karl had to move out with his family and his father and move to Kaiserallee 111 in Friedenau.
From there, Karl and Elsa and their daughter were deported to Riga on August 15, 1942 and murdered immediately after their arrival on August 18, 1942.
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