Martin Gellert

Born: Dresden, Germany, 1 June 1913

Profession in country of origin: Locksmith

Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Germany in 1939

Documents
Letters
Photographs

Documents

Male enemy alien - Exemption from internment - Refugee
                                          
Surname: Gellert
Forename: Martin
Alias: -
Date and place of birth: 01/06/1913 in Dresden
Nationality: German
Police Regn. Cert. No.: 711887
Home Office ref: C2647
Address: Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent
Normal occupation: Locksmith
Present occupation: Lorry Driver in camp
Name and address of employer: -
Decision of tribunal: Exempted "C" & 9A Date 13.10.1939
Whether exempted from Article 6(A): Yes
Whether desires to be repatriated: No

Richborough Camp Tribunal 6
Trevor Hunter

Source: National Archives, Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index, 1939-1947

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Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Birth certificate, 27 December 1938, front
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Birth certificate, 27 December 1938, front
Martin Gellert, Certificate of release from Buchenwald, Signed Karl-Otto Koch, dated 30 December 1938, Released 2 January 1939Submitted by the Gellert/Gibbons family for Martin Gellert
Martin Gellert, Certificate of release from Buchenwald, Signed Karl-Otto Koch, dated 30 December 1938, Released 2 January 1939
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Army Form A. 2012, Enlistment, Auxiliary Millitary Pioneer Corps, Lt Col Reading, 28 November 1939
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Army Form A. 2012, Enlistment, Auxiliary Millitary Pioneer Corps, Lt Col Reading, 28 November 1939
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Auxiliary Millitary Pioneer Corps Richborough, Medical Examination, 7 December 1939
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Auxiliary Millitary Pioneer Corps Richborough, Medical Examination, 7 December 1939
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Attestation, Car locksmith, Auxiliary Millitary Pioneer Corps, 20 December 1939
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Attestation, Car locksmith, Auxiliary Millitary Pioneer Corps, 20 December 1939
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Auxiliary Millitary Pioneer Corps, 69 Coy, BEF, 20 December 1939
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Auxiliary Millitary Pioneer Corps, 69 Coy, BEF, 20 December 1939
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Marriage certificate, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Married in London, W1, 8 January 1940
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Marriage certificate, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Married in London, W1, 8 January 1940
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Attestation, Auxiliary Millitary Pioneer Corps, Military History Sheet, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), 23 January 1940
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Attestation, Auxiliary Millitary Pioneer Corps, Military History Sheet, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), 23 January 1940
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Certificate of Naturalization, Maurice Anthony Gibbons, 3 September 1946
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Certificate of Naturalization, Maurice Anthony Gibbons, 3 September 1946
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Oath of Alliance, Maurice Anthony Gibbons, 7 September 1946
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Document, Oath of Alliance, Maurice Anthony Gibbons, 7 September 1946
Submitted by the Gellert/Gibbons family for Martin Gellert

Letters

  • Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Letter 2 November 1943, Pioneer Corps, Change of name dated 19 October 1943
    Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Letter 2 November 1943, Pioneer Corps, Change of name dated 19 October 1943
  • Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Letter, REME and RAVC Record office, Exemplary conduct, 5 June 1957
    Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Letter, REME and RAVC Record office, Exemplary conduct, 5 June 1957
  • Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Letter, RMEM and RAVC Recprd Office, Gibbons, Change of name approval request, Refugee from Nazi oppression, Compensation claim, 20 January 1958
    Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Letter, RMEM and RAVC Recprd Office, Gibbons, Change of name approval request, Refugee from Nazi oppression, Compensation claim, 20 January 1958

Letters submitted by the Gellert/Gibbons family for Martin Gellert

Photographs

  • Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, 1939
    Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, 1939
  • Richborough Jewish refugee camp, Martin Gellert, 1939, reverse
    Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, 1939, reverse
  • Richborough refugee camp, Martin Gellert, third from left bare chested with an axe, 1 July 1939
    Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, third from left bare chested with an axe, 1 July 1939
  • Richborough transmigration camp, Martin Gellert, third from left bare chested with an axe, 1 July 1939, reverse
    Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, third from left bare chested with an axe, 1 July 1939, reverse
  • Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Pioneer Corps
  • Richborough Jewish refugee camp, Martin and Ilse Gellert, Taunton, married in January 1940, Photo 23 September 1940,
    Kitchener camp, Martin and Ilse Gellert, Taunton, married in January 1940, Photo 23 September 1940,
  • Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, Pioneer Corps

Photographs submitted by the Gellert/Gibbons family for Martin Gellert