It’s incredible what information can be gleaned from written sources that the Kitchener refugees created.
Below are just a few of the pages from the (translated) diary of Lothar Nelken. The only items I have extracted at this stage are the names of some of the fellow refugees he mentions, including specifically those he lists as resident in his hut – Hut 37/II.
Entry – 31 July 1939
| Jakob S. Dollinger | Male | 27 May 1898 | Single | Shoe salesman |
Entry 3 August 1939
| Martin Kohn | Male | 16 Oct 1896 | Married | Textile salesman |
Entry – 24 to 28 August 1939
| Walter Wolffs | Male | 20 Aug 1917 | Single | Butcher/farmer |
Entry – 24 to 28 August 1939
| Arnold Wolff | Male | 13 Jan 1907 | Married | Saw mill owner |
Entry – 29 August 1939
| Bernhard Parnes | Male | 17 Dec 1915 | Single | Office clerk |
Hut 37/II
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Josef G Feifke | Male | 18 Feb 1916 | Single | Journeyman tailor |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Heinz Von der Wall | Male | 10 Feb 1919 | Single | Casual labourer |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Helmut Brasch | Male | 11 Jul 1916 | Single | Shop assistant (textiles) |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Walter Rothschild | Male | 11 Oct 1912 | Single | Master baker |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Gerhard Rosen | Male | 15 Jan 1914 | Single | Farm labourer |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Samuel Goldstein | Male | 18 Nov 1902 | Single | Dentist |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Szymon Halbreich | Male | 17 Oct 1896 | Single | Cook and waiter |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Max Feuermann | Male | 13 Nov 1911 | Single | Student of medicine |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Herbert Unikower | Male | 28 Nov 1911 | Single | Salesman (grassier shoes) |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Ulrich Glaserfeld | Male | 18 July 1919 | Single | Locksmith (machinery) |
Hut 37/II, continued
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Bernhard Parnes | Male | 17 Dec 1915 | Single | Office clerk |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Rudolf Blumenfeld | Male | 30 March 1920 | Single | Electrician |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Ulrich Louis Simon Perl | Male | 5 Dec 1918 | Single | Student (Technical School) |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Kurt Atlas | Male | 8 May 1903 | Single | Jeweller |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Artur Plaut | Male | 6 Feb 1902 | Single | Textile salesman |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Martin Goldstein | Male | 20 Dec 1906 | Single | Bookkeeper |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Gerhard Rubensohn | Male | 4 Feb 1900 | Single | Textile salesman |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Leopold Herz | Male | 10 Aug 1905 | Single | Shop assistant (gents) |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Alfred Rosen | Male | 1 Jul 1905 | Single | Agriculural farmer |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Salomon Bluhm | Male | 5 May 1895 | Single | Preceptor |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Manfred Isselbacher | Male | 14 Aug 1914 | Single | Agriculture farmer |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Wolf Kassmann | Male | 20 Apr 1893 | Married | Coal dealer |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Moses Silberstein | Male | 31 May 1903 | Single | Watchmaker |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Ernest G. Biringer | Male | 29 Mar 1900 | Married | Manufacturer (leather goods) |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Walther Schloss | Male | 10 Oct 1900 | Single | Timber merchant |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Hans Salo Graetzer | Male | 7 Nov 1896 | Married | Bookseller |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Martin Strauss | Male | 14 Jan 1916 | Single | Butcher |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Hersz Lipnowski | Male | 6 Sep 1902 | Single | Hairdresser |
Entry – 9 October 1939
| Martin Kohn | Male | 16 Oct 1896 | Married | Textile salesman |
Entry – 2 November 1939
| Ernst Ledermann | Male | 18 Sep 1900 | Married | Chartered accountant |
Entry – 2 November 1939
| Leo Plachte | Male | 17 Dec 1905 | Single | Lawyer |