Mathilde Reiser

Born: Vienna, Austria, 11 June 1910

Profession in country of origin: Shop assistant

Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Austria on 3 July 1939

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Documents

Female enemy alien - Exemption from internment - Refugee  
                          
Surname: Reiser
Forename: Mathilde
Alias: - 
Date and place of birth: 11/06/1910 in Vienna
Nationality: German
Police Regn. Cert. No.: 670193 
Home Office ref:   
Address: 5, Hawthorne Cottages, Woodnesborough Road, Sandwich
Normal occupation: Home work
Present occupation: 
Name and address of employer: - 
Decision of tribunal: Exempt  
Date 20.11.1939 
Whether exempted from Article 6(A): Yes
Whether desires to be repatriated: No

Tribunal District: Tribunal for Margate District

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.

Mathilde Reiser - Arrival card. Date of arrival 3 July 1939, Registration date 26 July 1939, Husband Karl Ref. 12248 Leaves for USA April 1940 Source: World Jewish Relief
Mathilde Reiser – Arrival card. Date of arrival 3 July 1939, Registration date 26 July 1939, Husband Karl Ref. 12248 Leaves for USA April 1940 Source: World Jewish Relief
Mathilde Reiser - Arrival card. Date of arrival 3 July 1939, Registration date 26 July 1939, Husband Karl Ref. 12248 Leaves for USA April 1940 Source: World Jewish Relief
Mathilde Reiser – Arrival card. Date of arrival 3 July 1939, Registration date 26 July 1939, Husband Karl Ref. 12248 Leaves for USA April 1940 Source: World Jewish Relief

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Mathilde Reiser, World Jewish Relief, CBF, Green form, page 1
Mathilde Reiser, World Jewish Relief, CBF, Green form, page 1
Mathilde Reiser, World Jewish Relief, CBF, Green form, page 2
Mathilde Reiser, World Jewish Relief, CBF, Green form, page 2
26 July 1939 
Dover Direct, B visa. As domestic, para 13. Green card D 7045. St Veronica's Home. St George's Terrace, Herne Bay, Kent. Who applied. No position. 

27.7.1939 Wife had to leave post as it was not a private post.

8 February 1940 Staying 91 Dartmouth Road, Hostel. Letter from Willesden General [a hospital] saying that she is pregnant and not fit for hostel life. 

12 February Transferred to Domestic

15 April 1940 leaving for USA on late April Cunard together with husband. Has one large trunk, 1 suitcase, which we advised her to have collected by Carter Paterson and taken to Euston Station. We pay account on presentation to us.

Left country for USA
No financial support

Letters

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Richborough camp, Karl Reiser, Mathilde Reiser, Central Office for Refugees, Domestic Bureau, Bloomsbury House, 14 April 1939
Kitchener camp, Mathilde Reiser, Karl Reiser, Central Office for Refugees, Domestic Bureau, Bloomsbury House, 14 April 1939
Kitchener camp, Karl Reiser, Mathilde Reiser, Envelope, Sydney Bacon, 29 April 1940
Kitchener camp, Karl Reiser, Mathilde Reiser, Letter, Sydney Bacon, Congratulations on emigration, 29 April 1940
Kitchener camp, Karl Reiser, Mathilde Reiser, Letter, Sydney Bacon, Emigration, Luggage lost, Money offered as a gift to help, 29 April 1940
Kitchener camp, Karl Reiser, Letter, Mathilde Reiser, Letter, Affidavit, 1 February 1940
Kitchener camp, Karl Reiser, Letter, Mathilde Reiser, Letter, Affidavit, 1 February 1940
Submitted by Cindy Silverman for her grandmother Mathilde Reiser

Photographs

Kitchener camp, Mathilde Reiser, Portrait by Alfred Roth, 1940
Kitchener camp, Mathilde Reiser, Portrait by Alfred Roth, 1940.
Submitted by Cindy Silverman for her grandmother Mathilde Reiser

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