Olga Schulze was born on 18 April 1908 in Sülze in the district of Celle. Her father was a carpenter, her mother was born von Wieding and came from near Soltau. They had a small leased farm to provide for themselves. Olga was the second youngest of ten siblings, born between 1891 and 1911. Two siblings died as children. Little is known about Olga’s life. Because of her disability, she lived at home in a kind of cage and did not learn to speak until she was eight years old. At the age of 28, her parents decided that Olga could no longer be cared for in the family due to her constant restlessness. She was admitted to the Lüneburg mental hospital in 1936. On 9 April 1941, she was transferred to the Herborn transit facility, and from there to the Hadamar killing centre on 28 May 1941, where she was murdered.
Unaware of their daughter’s death, her parents celebrated their golden wedding anniversary seven days later on 5 June 1941. Another week later, they received the news that their daughter had died in Hadamar on 12 June 1941. The Schulz family did not have Olga’s urn transferred; instead, her death was kept secret. At a later date, someone entered in the church register that she had died in a killing centre.
