Political Prisoner of War - Dachau Concentration Camp

In May 2017, I wrote a post detailing my connection to Peter Josef Hasenstab, who was my great-grandfather's first cousin. Many in the family immigrated to America, while other family members remained in Germany. DNA testing revealed that my mom was not a biological Hasenstab a couple of years ago.  That didn't matter. Peter has always intrigued me and been a part of the family.  I've spent a significant amount of time searching for information about him, and he continues to hold a special place in our family tree. 

Unfortunately, it seems like this is all I will ever know about his life.

April 18, 1897 Peter Yosef Hasenstab was born in Gailbach - 

 

1914-1918 - Peter served in WW1 in Germany in the Artillery 

From February 1933, the Gestapo arrested individuals whom the Nazis believed could endanger the "people and state," according to the title of the Reichstag Fire Decree. They sent them to concentration camps as "protective custody" prisoners. Most of them were political prisoners, homosexuals, Jews, Gypsies, and Jehovah's Witnesses. They could be held indefinitely without trial. They arrested communists, socialists, social democrats, trade unionists, and other opponents of the regime and sent them to the early concentration camps.

Sept 16, 1937, Peter entered the Dachau Concentration Camp by train (Zug) 

He was listed as a prisoner of war with the category Sch. DR (protective custody prisoner/Political Prisoner) Category translates to Prisoner German. 

 

According to the sources listed, It is believed Peter died there in Dachau, and his body was buried in Mauthausen, which was another Concentration Camp.

At the Mauthausen Memorial, in the room of Names, there is a Peter Hasenstab, although the dates are off a bit.  Could this be my Peter Hasenstab? 

Born 12.4.1897 in Gailbach / Aschaffenburg

Died 9.5.1940

I believe there are two Peter Hasenstabs! 

I have submitted these sources and requested that they verify my information. It's a slight possibility that they are the same, but I do have to rule it out one way or another. 

My gut tells me the name is probably fairly common, and other documentation lists him with his middle name of Josef. 

However, the above record says he is at the Dachau KZ Cemetery. 

The Nazis kept good records. There must be another Peter Hasenstab.

There's always a mystery, isn't there? 

I also sent in for information at the Dachau KZ, where I believe my Peter Josef Hasenstab is. 

Both sites say it could take a minimum of 8 weeks.