Herbert Gassenheimer

Born: Themar, Germany, 21 November 1898

Profession in country of origin: Mechanic

Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Germany in 1939

Documents

Male enemy alien - Exemption from internment - Refugee  
                          
Surname: Gassenheimer
Forename: Herbert
Alias: - 
Date and place of birth: 21/11/1898 in Themar
Nationality: German 
Police Regn. Cert. No.: C 3801 G17525
Home Office ref: C 1509   
Address: Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent 
Normal occupation: Mechanic
Present occupation: 
Name and address of employer: - 
Decision of tribunal: Exempted "C" & 9a    
Date 21.10.1939 
Whether exempted from Article 6(A): Yes 
Whether desires to be repatriated: No

Release authorised: Category 3
Released 09/09/1940
                                                                     Gassenheimer
Herbert
                                                              
21.11.1893
                                                Release auth.Category 3
                                                     
                               768018            Released 09.09.1940


                                          
             Richborough E.C.                             

                               G17525

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Letters

Kitchener camp, Herbert Gassenheimer, letter, 23 November 1938, page 1
Kitchener camp, Herbert Gassenheimer, letter, 23 November 1938, page 2
Kitchener camp, Herbert Gassenheimer, letter, 23 November 1938, page 2

-With the kind permission of Joanne Saperstein and the Stadt Themar archives

Memories

Photographs

  • Herbert Gassenheimer with Charlotte, Albert in the 1920s
  • Herbert Gassenheimer with Charlotte Rosenbaum, 1951

-With the kind permission of Joanne Saperstein and the Stadt Themar archives