Group photographs

Kitchener camp and Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps

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Kitchener camp, Hans Friedmann, 1939

Kitchener camp, Hans Friedmann, 1939

Kitchener camp, Hans Friedmann — Kitchener camp, Hans Friedmann
Recognised in the photograph by family, Richard Cohn, back row, left

The Berlin ORT at Kitchener Camp, September 1939

Recognised by family: Rudolf Ruben – 5th from the left in the back row; Werner Hirschfeld – 6th from the right in the back row; Alfred Jason – one row back from the front in the middle

Kitchener camp, army photograph, 1939/40 Will Reissner is standing on the far left, back row Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi Reissner

Willi Reissner, army photograph, reverse, names

Willi Reissner, British Army, nd

Kitchener camp, Willi Reissner — Will Reissner is on the front row, on the left

Will Reissner, British Army, Hesedorf bei Bremervörde, 15 August 1945

Walter Brill and friend; Kitchener camp hut, 1939

Walter Brill; playing cards in the British army; Second World War

Georg Benjamin, photograph, 2017 — Kitchener camp, 1939 Georg Benjamin, second row back, centre

Georg Benjamin, photograph, 2017 — Kitchener camp, 1939 Georg Benjamin, front left

Kitchener camp, Georg Benjamin, photograph, 2017 — Kitchener camp, 1939 Georg Benjamin, left

Georg Benjamin, photograph, 2017 — Kitchener camp, 1939 Georg Benjamin, kneeling

Kitchener Camp 1939, also known as Richborough — Werner Weissenberg, Refugees at Kitchener Camp – also known as Richborough transit camp, 1939
Recognised in the photograph by family, Jakob Lengel, back row, far left

Richborough transit camp: photograph by water tower — Werner Weissenberg, back row, third from right
Recognised in the photograph by family, Jakob Lengel, back row, far right

Some of the refugees at Kitchener Camp - also know as Richborough transit camp — Werner Weissenberg, Refugees at Kitchener Camp – also known as Richborough transit camp, 1939

Richborough camp, Sandwich, 1939, Hugo Heilbrunn, front row far right, outside Hut 32 — Kitchener camp, 1939, Hugo Heilbrunn, front row far right, outside Hut 32

Richborough camp, Sandwich 1939, Hans Friedrich Elias — Kitchener camp, 1939, Hans Friedrich Elias, with his brother Eduard Elias
Recognised in the photograph by family, Hans Einziger, third from the left, wearing spectacles

Kitchener camp, Herbert Nachmann, with the ORT, far left — Herbert Nachmann, far left, with members from the Berlin ORT school

Kitchener camp 1939, Herbert Finkelstein — Inmates of Kitchener camp, Hut 8; Herbert Finkelstein fourth from the left

Jacob Raphael, Kitchener camp, July 1939

Jacob Raphael, Kitchener camp, July 1939 — Jacob Raphael, Kitchener camp, July 1939, Hut 33

Jacob Raphael, Kitchener camp, July 1939

Jacob Raphael, Kitchener camp, July 1939

Kitchener camp, Moshe Chaim Grunbaum, 1939 — Kitchener camp, Moshe Chaim Grünbaum, 1939

Werner Hirsch, Kitchener camp, 1939

Werner Hirsch, Kitchener camp, 1939

Kitchener camp, Werner Hirsch, 1939

Leo Rosengarten, Kitchener camp 1939, possibly hut 23. Leo is on the left of the picture at the end of the front row, just behind one of the men reclining on the ground

Kitchener camp, Lothar Nelken, 1939 — Kitchener camp 1939, Lothar Nelken, friends and colleagues

Richborough transit camp, Lothar Nelken, 1939 — Kitchener camp, Lothar Nelken, 1939

Hermann Diamant and Joseph Haber, around 1944, taken in Farnham, Virginia after emigrating to the USA — Hermann Diamant and Joseph Haber (Kitchener camp residents), around 1944, taken in Farnham, Virginia after emigrating to the USA. In the photograph above, Hermann is centre back, looking over the shoulders of his friend Jospeh Haber and his wife Giesel Jufy Haber.

PKitchener camp, Pioneer Corps, Willi Reissner — Pioneer Corps, Willi Reissner is on the far left

Kitchener camp, Willi Reissner — Willi Reissner, Pioneer Corps, second from the left, in the top row

Kitchener camp, Willi Reissner — Willi Reissner, Pioneer Corps

Kitchener camp, Willi Reissner, Pioneer Corps — Kitchener camp, Willi Reissner, Pioneer Corps, HQ II

Kitchener camp, Vulkan family, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps — Kitchener camp, Vulkan family, Auxiliary Military Pioneer corps

Richborough camp, Erich Silbermann, Pesach Seder, Britain, April 1944 — Kitchener camp, Erich Silbermann, Pesach Seder, Britain, April 1944 Erich is 3rd from the front in the right-most row

Kitchener camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror - Boiler suits — Kitchener camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror – Boiler suits

Kitchener camp, Some Victims, 1939 - billiards — Kitchener camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror, 1939 – billiards Identified in the picture – Karl Reiser

Richborough transit camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror, 1939 - communal mealtimes — Kitchener camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror, 1939 – communal mealtimes Recognised by family: Georg Chodziesner, fourth on the right from the front

Richborough transit camp, Some Victims, 1939 - English lessons — Kitchener camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror, 1939 – English lessons

Richborough transit camp, Some Victims, 1939 - there are 60 doctors in the camp — Kitchener camp, Some Victims, 1939 – there are 60 doctors in the camp

Richborough transit camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror, Magazine, 1939 — Kitchener camp magazine, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror – A game of table tennis

Richborough camp, Some Victims, 1939 — Kitchener camp magazine, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror – A game of chess

Richborough trust camp 1939 — Kitchener camp, Some Victims, 1939 – repairing chairs

Richborough camp, Some Victims, 1939 - musicians — Kitchener camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror, 1939 – musicians

Richborough camp 1939, Erich Peritz, Pioneer Corps — Kitchener camp 1939, Erich Peritz, Pioneer Corps. Identified by family – back row, far right, is my father, Harry Steiner

Richborough camp 1939, Erich Peritz, Pioneer Corps — Kitchener camp 1939, Erich Peritz, Pioneer Corps

Richborough camp 1939, Erich Peritz, Pioneer Corps — Kitchener camp 1939, Erich Peritz, Pioneer Corps

Richborough camp, Hut 22, Fritz Bleicher, 1939 — Kitchener camp, Hut 22, Fritz Bleicher, 1939.
Recognised by family, Heinz Dehn, second from the right on the front row

Richborough camp 1939, Victor Cohn — Kitchener camp 1939, Victor Cohn

Richborough camp 1939, Victor Cohn — Kitchener camp 1939, Victor Cohn

Richborough transit camp, Isidor Wilkenfeld — Kitchener camp 1939, Isidor Wilkenfeld

Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim — Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim – far right

Richborough camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim, at the beach — Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim, at the beach

Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim

Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim

Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps

Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki, Reading letters

Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki

Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki, Photo, Austin car with blackout cover on headlight

Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki

Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki, Photo

Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki, Photo

Kitchener camp, Manele Spielmann, With a friend called Katz, 1939

Richborough refugee camp, Martin Gellert, third from left bare chested with an axe, 1 July 1939 — Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, third from left bare chested with an axe, 1 July 1939

Richborough transit camp, Hermann Wetterhahn, 1939 — Kitchener camp, Hermann Wetterhahn, 1939

Kitchener camp, Peter Weiss, Autobiography, Archbishop of Canterbury visit

Kitchener camp, Julius Gildener, with brother-in-law Arnold Vogel — Kitchener camp, Julius Gildener (left), with brother-in-law Arnold Vogel (right)

Kitchener camp, Julius Gildener — Kitchener camp, Julius Gildener, far left

Kitchener camp, Julius Gildener, subjects unknown

Kitchener camp, Pioneer Corps Training Ground No. 3, Julius Gildener, subjects unknown

Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Social evening, Turner’s Court, 8 March 1940

Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner’s Court, 1939 / 1940

Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner’s Court, January 1940. Horst is in the front row, left

Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner’s Court, January 1940. Horst is in the middle of the middle row on the right

Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner’s Court, Group photos. “Run Adolf” is written on the snowman

Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner's Court, December 1939 — Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner’s Court, December 1939

Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner’s Court, Social evening, 8 March 1940. Horst in bow tie and tails, right.

Kitchener camp, Nuchim Kürschner, Kitchen workers

Kitchener camp, Nuchim Kürschner, Probably hut 10/II, with 'x' - friend and business partner from Vienna - Salomon Walter — Kitchener camp, Nuchim Kürschner, Probably hut 10/II, with ‘x’ – friend and business partner from Vienna – Salomon Walter

Kitchener camp, Richborough, Nuchim Kürschner, Salomon Walter — Kitchener camp, Richborough, Nuchim Kürschner (on the right), Salomon Walter (on the left)

Richborough transit camp, 1939 - Herbert Weiss - group photograph — Kitchener camp, Herbert Weiss – group photograph

Kitchener camp, Schmuel Kamm, Hut group photograph — Kitchener camp, Schmuel Kamm, Hut group photograph. Schmuel is front row second from the left

Kitchener camp, Schmuel Kamm, Water tower group photograph — Kitchener camp, Schmuel Kamm, Water tower group photograph. Schmuel is at the back

Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, On the left outside hut

Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, Third from left outside hut, D

Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, Image from 'Some Victims of the Nazi Terror', Magazine 1939 — Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, Image from ‘Some Victims of the Nazi Terror’, Magazine 1939

Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, 1939

Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, 1939/1940

Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, Relaxing on the beach with friends, Summer 1939

Kitchener camp, Richborough, Franz Schanzer, With cello, Centre right — Kitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, With cello, Centre right

Kitchener camp, Richborough, Franz Schanzer, Orchestra — Kitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, Orchestra

Kitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, With cello

Kitchener camp, Richborough, Franz Schanzer, Third from the left — Kitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, Third from the left