Born: Allenstein, 7 December 1889
Occupation in country of origin: Physician
Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Germany in 1939
Documents
Male enemy alien - Exemption from internment - Refugee
Surname: Frankenstein
Forename: Hans
Alias: -
Date and place of birth: 07/12/1889 in Allenstein
Nationality: German
Police Regn. Cert. No.: 712 521
Home Office ref: F 9989
Address: 44 Wingate Road, Liverpool 17
Normal occupation: Physician
Present occupation: None
Name and address of employer: None
Decision of tribunal: Not to be interned
Date 12.12.1939
Whether exempted from Article 6(a) and 9 (a): Yes
Whether desires to be repatriated: No
[hand-written addition] Entire card has a pencil cross through it
[Reverse of card]
Sailed for Australia in SS Dunera on 10th July 1940
Richborough EC
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.
There are further records about Hans Frankenstein, housed at the Australian National Archives as follows:
NAA: MP1103/2, E39491 Series number: MP1103/2 Control symbol: E39491 Barcode: 9905995 Number of pages: 4 Title: Prisoner of War/Internee; Frankenstein, Hans; Year of birth - 1899; Nationality - German
Hans Frankenstein was not in Kitchener Camp at the time of the 1939 Register, as can be seen from his ‘Exemption from Internment’ record, above. However, his Australian records state, ‘Place of Capture’ as Kitchener Camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent; and the note about him being deported on HMT Dunera is on an EC Richborough Home Office record card. His date of capture is listed in his Australian records as 27 May 1940.