Carl Gärtig By al037058 Mar 11, 1902 Born in Weidau, Germany 1920 Began working as a coal miner and grew interested in politics. 1922 He entered United States. Mar 28, 1933 Arrested for publishing and distributing anti-Nazi material. 1935 Arrested for distributing illegal writings. 1935 Imprisoned in Lichtenburg concentration camp and at Kassel prison. 1938 Tranferred to the newly opened Buchenwald concentration camp. 1945 Liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp.