Hermann Diamant

Born: Stanislau, Poland, 28 March 1912

Profession in country of origin: Doctor/Physician

Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Vienna, Austria, on 5 June 1939

Documents

Male enemy alien - Exemption from internment - Refugee 

Surname: Diamant
Forenames: Hermann
Alias: --- 
Nationality: German 
Police Regn. Cert. No. 712518
Home Office ref no: C 2007
Address: Kitchener Camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent 
Normal occupation: Physician 
Present occupation: Road builder in camp
Name and address of employer: --- 
Decision of tribunal: Exempted "C" & 9a      
Date: 12.10.1939 
Whether exempted from Article 6(A): Yes 
Whether desires to be repatriated: No

Tribunal District: Richborough Camp Tribunal 4
Signature of Tribunal W Blake Rogers

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 transit camp, Hermann Diamant, Vienna, travel documents, page 1
  • Richborough transit camp, Hermann Diamant, Vienna, travel documents, page 1
  • Richborough transit camp, Hermann Diamant, Vienna, travel documents, page 3
  • Richborough transit camp, Hermann Diamant, Vienna, travel documents, page 4
Richborough transit camp, Hermann Diamant, Entry card, 26 June 1939
Kitchener camp, Hermann Diamant, Entry card, 26 June 1939
  • Richborough camp, Hermann Diamant German Jewish Aid Committee form, page 1
  • Richborough transit camp, Hermann Diamant German Jewish Aid Committee form, page 2
  • Richborough camp, Hermann Diamant German Jewish Aid Committee form, page 3
Kitchener camp wedding, Hermann Diamant, AJR article 2012
Kitchener camp wedding, Hermann Diamant, AJR Journal, Letters page, Vol. 12, no. 1, 1 January 2012. Reproduced here with the kind permission of the Association of Jewish Refugees, Michael Diamant, and Clare Ungerson

Letters

Kitchener camp, Hermann Diamant, 22 Januray 1940
Kitchener camp, Hermann Diamant, 22 January 1940, Reference

Photographs

  • Richborough camp, Hermann Diamant, 1939 Vienna Police Record
  • Hermann Diamant and Joseph Haber, around 1944, taken in Farnham, Virginia after emigrating to the USA

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