Born: Kiel, Germany, 1 May 1895
Profession in country of origin: Alteration tailor
Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Germany in 1939
Documents
Male enemy alien - Exemption from internment - Refugee Surname: Pietsch Forename: Bruno Alias: - Date and place of birth: 01/05/1895 in Kiel Nationality: German Police Regn. Cert. No.: 711 369 Home Office ref: C 354 Address: Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent Normal occupation: Tailor Present occupation: Name and address of employer: - Decision of tribunal: Exempted "C" & 9A Date 11.10.1939 Whether exempted from Article 6(A): Yes Whether desires to be repatriated: No Tribunal no. 2
Source: National Archives, Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index, 1939-1947.
Editor’s note: We are not allowed to reproduce National Archives (UK) images, but we are permitted to reproduce the material from them, as shown above.
Source: Open Licence; recorded in The Gazette (London), Issue 38052, 22 August 1947.
Submitted for Bruno Pietsch by a distant relative, Judith Elam.
| First name(s) | Bruno |
| Last name | Pietsch |
| Year | 1939 |
| Birth year | 1895 |
| Birth place | Kiel |
| Residence | Kitchener camp, Sandwich, Kent |
| Residence county | Kent |
| Nationality | German |
| Conflict | Second World War |
| Series | Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index, 1939-1947 |
| Document details | Internees at Liberty in the UK, Ph-Polk |
| Year range | 1939-1942 |
| Archive reference | HO 396/68 |
| Archive | The National Archives |
| Record set | Britain, Enemy Aliens And Internees, First And Second World Wars |
| Category | Military, armed forces & conflict |
| Subcategory | Government |
Surname: Pietsch Forenames: Bruno Date and place of birth: 1.5.1895, Kiel Nationality: German Police registration cert. no.: 711369 Home office ref: C 354 Address: Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent Normal Occupation: Tailor Decision of tribunal: Exempted 'C' Date 11.10.1939 Whether exempted from article 6 (a) & 9 (a): Yes Whether desires to be repatriated: No Richborough camp, Tribunal 2
Source: National Archives, Kew, UK. Information obtained and reproduced under Open Government Licence.
Memories
Bruno was born on 1 May 1895 in Kiel, and died 10 August 1979 in Westminster.
He was married in 1936 to Annelise Beyer. Both she and their only daughter, Roselise, were murdered at Auschwitz. Roselise was just four and a half years old.
Bruno’s father Emil Pietsch was murdered at Theresienstadt, 14 Feb 1943.
His mother, Elise Skamper Pietsch, died in 1928 in Kiel.
I am related on the Skamper side, but distantly.
Submitted for Bruno Pietsch by a distant relative, Judith Elam
Photographs
Marriage of Bruno and Marie Löffler (1919-1983)
Marie (Mitzi) was a Jewish refugee from Vienna. They were married for over 30 years until Bruno’s death in 1979; they had no children. Bruno and Mitzi are buried next to each other in the Cemetery of the Federation of Synagogues at Upminster Road North, Rainham, Essex
Kindly submitted by Mitzi’s second cousin, Cameron Woodrow