As yet, we don’t know very much about the women and children who lived in Kitchener camp for a few weeks around the start of the war.
But we do have at least a partial list of their names and other basic information from the 1939 Register.
Gertrud Alper, Shopkeeper (dressmaker), 1902
Estera Antmann, Dressmaker, 1912
Else Aronsohn, Clerk, 1900
Irma Austerlitz, Language teacher, 1914
Mindel Bändel, Seamstress, 1906
Herta Bartfeld, Physician (assistant), 1908
Käthe Berstrom, Seamstress, 1914
Ruth Blumenthal, Assistant dental surgeon, 1912
Anna Böhm, Unpaid domestic duties, 1910
Bella Braunold, Shop assistant (dresses), 1910
Zeta Brull, Milliner, 1912
Lea Davidow, Innkeeper, 1905
Elisabeth Deuscht, Milliner, 1909
Herta Deuscht, Dentist assistant, 1906
Gertrud Dolski, Office secretary, 1908
Leopoldine Dörfler, Photographer, 1918
Gerda Dreyer, Shopkeeper (textiles), 1912
Selma Epstein, Unpaid domestic, 1908
Susi Epstein, Dressmaker, 1914
Blanke Ernst, Own household, 1897
Frieda Fenyes, Physician, 1900
Marianne Freeden, Teacher and translator, 1912
Käthe Fehl, Sick nurse (private), 1913
Sabine Finger, Nurse (children), 1912
Erna Finkelstein, Own household, 1914
Doris Frankel, Assistant (x-rays), 1910
Lucie Friedenthal, Hospital nurse, 1895
Rebekka Fröhlich, Social welfare worker, 1908
R. Fröhlich, At school, 1931
Gisella Gelband, Own household, 1899
Hertha Gerstl, Goldsmith, 1912
Olga Glücksmann, Applied arts, 1898
Gertrude Grieger, Milliner, 1907
Irma Gross, Own household, 1898
Josefine Grossbard, Shop assistant and cashier, 1912
Arabella Grosz, Shop assistant (Ladies’ dresses), 1898
Ilse Guttmann, Children’s nurse, 1913
Josefine Hacker, Shop assistant (household goods) 1904
Rebekka Hahn, Shopkeeper, 1899
Rosa Haller, Manager, Ladies’ dressmaker, 1908
Antonia Hauser, Hair dresser, 1911
Ernestine Helfer, Bodice-maker, 1908
Helene Hess, Hospital nurse, 1899
Inge Heymann, Dentist (assistant), 1921
Fanny Heymann, Cook (diet), 1912
Marjem Heymann, Shop assistant (ladies’ dresses), 1904
Liselotte Hochstimm, Dressmaker, 1917
Hilde Israel, Shop assistant (shoes), 1915
Gertrud Israelsohn, Photographer, 1903
Dorothea Jastrow, Seamstress, 1914
Ella Jekel, Applied arts worker, 1906
Hertha Jerut, Shop assistant (leather goods), 1914
Berta Joseph, Shop assistant (agricultural machinery), 1908
Margerethe Josefsberg, Book keeper and cashier, 1908
Rose Kallmann, Seamstress, 1911
Hildegard Kaufmann, Clerk (textiles), 1911
Regina Keller, Seamstress, 1896
Elisabeth Kende, Designer, 1907
Friedl Klein, Milliner, 1904
Margarethe Knapp, Gymnastic teacher, 1912
Perla Königsberg, Seamstress, 1904
Grete Korn, Clerk (café), 1914
Melanie Korn, Milliner, 1910
Hildegard Kost, Hospital nurse, 1912
Bella Kreilisheim, Shop assistant (groceries), 1913
Charlotte Laksberger, Shop assistant (furs), 1908
Erna Lehmann, Shop assistant (clothing), 1909
Erna Lehrberger, Clerk (leather shop), 1904
Hertha Lewandowski, Telephone operator, 1900
Hilde Leubuscher, Children’s nurse, 1913
Elli Leyser, Shop assistant (textiles), 1910
Helene Lion, Dressmaker, 1906
Lucie Löwenberg, Children’s nurse, 1903
Frieda Mannheim, Own household, 1896
Beate Marcus, Shop assistant (gentleman’s clothing), 1913
Charlotte Marcus, Children’s nurse, 1913
Barbara Mark, Dressmaker, 1897
Hanna Meyer, Own household, 1908
Katie Meyerheim, Assistant dental surgeon, 1909
Blanka Michael, Own household, 1899
Anna Millet, Hand knitter, 1901
E. Mondscheim, At school, 1928
Ida Mondshein, Shopkeeper (groceries), 1904
Eugenie Morx, Dentist, 1903
Roza Müller, Shop assistant (textiles), 1906
Luise Münz, Embroideress, 1899
Golda Münzer, Dressmaker, 1907
Sabine Narzissenfeld, Manager, 1906
Alice Neumark, Nurse (children), 1902
Franziska Nowak, Book keeper, 1910
Grete Oppenheimer, Shop assistant (textiles), 1907
Gertraude Pek, Galoshes maker, 1914
Hilde Plaut, Unpaid domestic, 1901
Johanna Prager, Telephone operator, 1914
Gisella Preiss, Clerk (office), 1904
Hilda Raucher, Seamstress, 1907
Mathilde Reiser, Shop assistant, 1910
Anna Rephan, Farm assistant, 1906
Basia Rosenberg, Own household, 1907
Rywka Rosenberg, Dressmaker, 1917
Hanna Rosenberger, Nurse, 1906
Isabella Salzburg, Shop assistant (optic goods), 1909
Franziska Sass, Nurse (children), 1907
Berta Schajewitsch, Own household, 1903
Mina Schatzberg, Seamstress, 1901
Alma Schendel, Seamstress, 1906
Melanie Schiffermann, Cook, 1907
Paula Schläger, Manager (Ladies’ dress shop), 1908
Erma Schlome, Shop assistant (dresses), 1911
Sitti Schram, Own household, 1902
W. Schram, At school, 1929
Sara Schuermann, Dressmaker, 1903
Frieda Schuster, Chemist (x-ray laboratory), 1910
Hertha Schuster, Assistant medical massage, 1908
Gizella Schwartz, Shop assistant (textiles), 1915
Selma Silbermann, Nurse (children), 1912
Adela Singer, Own household, 1894
Mina Singer, Tailor (gentleman’s clothing), 1899
Ilse Söllander, Nurse (children), 1914
Anna Sommer, Shopkeeper (knitting), 1899
Rosa Spiegel, Corsage maker, 1905
Leopoldine Sprinzeles, Dressmaker, 1904
Gertrud Stein, Applied arts, 1909
Helene Steiner, Shopkeeper (stationery), 1893
Helene Sternberg, Gardener, 1903
Käthe Sterne, Own household, 1912
Mali Tauber, Cutter (Ladies’ underwear), 1921
Jetty Teicher, Children’s nurse, 1911
Gertrud Ulmer, Photographer, 1899
Valerie Ungar, Dressmaker, 1907
Leontine Vogel, Dressmaker, 1911
Estera Walter, Milliner, 1912
Erna Weil, Book keeper, 1905
Eva Weinberg, Secretary (Jewish association), 1910
Fritzi Weininger, Dressmaker, 1908
Chawa Weintraub, Teacher (music), 1913
Else Werfel, Shop assistant, 1908
Chruma Wetterhahn, Milliner 1914
Alice Wolff, Cook (dietician), 1908
Anita Wolff, Children’s nurse, 1911
Beila Wurtzel, Dressmaker, 1910