Male enemy alien - Exemption from internment - Refugee
Surname: Schanzer
Forename: Franz Stephan
Alias: -
Date and place of birth: 28/05/1907 in Vienna
Nationality: German
Police Regn. Cert. No.: 711 093
Home Office ref: C 1704
Address: Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent
Normal occupation: General Store Keeper & Fruit Farmer
Present occupation: Bricklayer in Camp
Name and address of employer: -
Decision of tribunal: Exempted "C" & 9A
Date 10.10.1939
Whether exempted from Article 6(A): Yes
Whether desires to be repatriated: No
Tribunal District: Richborough Camp Tribunal 4
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.
Kitchener camp, Frank Schanzer, German passport, coverKitchener camp, Frank Schanzer, German passport, J stamped 10 January 1939,Kitchener camp, Frank Schanzer, German passport, photo, Stamped 10 January 1939Kitchener camp, Frank Schanzer, German passport, Valid until 10 January 1940, Vienna 10 January 1939, Special Division Swiss Legation 22 Jan 1940, 22 July 1940Kitchener camp, Frank Schanzer, German passport, Vienna 1 March 1939Kitchener camp, Frank Schanzer, German passport, Vienna 27 April 1939, Police registration number 711093, Kent County Constabulary 3 May 1939, leave to land at Dover, Visa for United Kingdom granted at Vienna 21 April 1939 No. 68507, Home Office no. C1704, British passport control 21 April 1939 – Consular service, Dover 1 May 1939Kitchener camp, Frank Schanzer, German passport, Exit permit no. 210898, United States of America, Valid until 1 May 1940, Granted 1 April 1940 – Foreign Office, Embarked 7 April 1940 – Immigration Officer SouthamptonKitchener camp, Frank Schanzer, German passport, Immigration visa no. 18365, 23 January 1940, James E. Parks, American Consul, London
Passport pages submitted by Frank S. Schanzer Archives, Daniel Einstein, curator (grand-nephew)
Photographs
Kitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, With typewriterKitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, Third from the leftKitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, Third from the left, reverseKitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, With celloKitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, With celloKitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, With cello, reverseKitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, OrchestraKitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, With cello, Centre rightKitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, With cello, Centre right, reversePhotographs courtesy of Frank S. Schanzer Archives, Daniel Einstein, curator (grand-nephew)