Herbert Nachmann – Kitchener Camp

Born: Holzminden, Germany, 14 July 1923

Profession in country of origin: Berlin ORT school

Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Germany – end of August 1939

Documents

Male enemy alien - Exemption from internment - Refugee  
                          
Surname: Nachmann
Forename: Herbert Siegfried
Alias: - 
Date and place of birth: 14/07/1923 in Holzminden
Nationality: German 
Police Regn. Cert. No.: 768 092
Home Office ref:  
Address: Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent 
Normal occupation: Pupil
Present occupation: 
Name and address of employer: - 
Decision of tribunal: Exempted "C" & 9A   
Date 19.10.1939 
Whether exempted from Article 6(A): Yes 
Whether desires to be repatriated: No 

Tribunal no. 3

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.

Richborough camp, Sandwich, Herbert Nachmann, German ID card — Kitchener camp, Herbert Nachmann, German ID card.
*Submitted by Mandy Seal for her father Herbert Nachmann*

Memories

Herbert Nachmann was born in Holzminden, Germany, on 14th July 1923.

As a member of a group of 106 ‘boys’ from the Berlin ORT school who made it to the UK and safety, Herbert spent three months at Kitchener Camp from August to December 1939, prior to the establishment of the ORT school in Leeds.

Submitted by Mandy Seal for her father Herbert Nachmann

Photographs

Kitchener camp, Herbert Nachmann, on the right, holding a shovel.
Herbert Nachmann, far left, with members from the Berlin ORT school
Herbert Nachmann, 7th from the right, with friends from the Berlin ORT, in Leeds,

-Submitted by Mandy Seal for her father Herbert Nachmann