Born: Vienna, Austria, 9 July 1911
Profession in country of origin: Butcher
Arrived in Britain as a refugee in 1939
Documents
Male enemy alien - Exemption from internment - Refugee Surname: Pressburger Forename: Oskar Alias: - Date and place of birth: 09/07/1911 in Vienna Nationality: Stateless Police Regn. Cert. No.: 710 358 Home Office ref: C 1147 Address: Kitchener Camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent. Normal occupation: Butcher Present occupation: - Decision of tribunal: Exempted "c" Date 05.10.1939 Whether exempted from Article 6(A): Yes [Later crossed out by hand] Whether desires to be repatriated: No Richborough Camp Tribunal Nr. 2 [Added later by hand A/2/11 O/C/20]
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.
Photographs
Source: Clare Ungerson’s Four Thousand Men, with the kind permission of The Wiener Holocaust Library
Oskar Pressburger is sitting on the left holding the large wooden paddle with ‘Kosher’ written on it.