Wolfgang Priester

Born: Berlin, Germany, 20 July 1907

Profession in country of origin: Journalist

Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Germany on 9 May 1939

Documents

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Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Deutßche Reichspoßt, Carte D'Identitié, photograph, 20 August 1936 — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Deutßche Reichspoßt, Carte D’Identitié, photograph, 20 August 1936

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Deutßche Reichspoßt, Carte D'Identitié — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Deutßche Reichspoßt, Carte D’Identitié, photograph, 20 August 1936

Richborough camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Taxes Richard Oppenheimer, 27 April 1938, page 1 — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Taxes Richard Oppenheimer, 27 April 1938, page 1

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Taxes Richard Oppenheimer, 27 April 1938, page 2 — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Taxes Richard Oppenheimer, 27 April 1938, page 1

Estate auction, J Oppenheimer, Harry Priester, Berlin Monday 20 June 1938 from 10 to 7 o'clock, and Tuesday 21 June 1938 at 11 o'clock, page 1 — Estate auction, J Oppenheimer, Harry Priester, Berlin Monday 20 June 1938 from 10 to 7 o’clock, and Tuesday 21 June 1938 at 11 o’clock, page 1

Estate auction, J Oppenheimer, Harry Priester, Berlin Monday 20 June 1938 from 10 to 7 o'clock, and Tuesday 21 June 1938 at 11 o'clock, page 2 — Estate auction, J Oppenheimer, Harry Priester, Berlin Monday 20 June 1938 from 10 to 7 o’clock, and Tuesday 21 June 1938 at 11 o’clock, page 1

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Letter date 19 April 1939, Stamp 6 May 1939, Polizei-Präßident, Berlin, front

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Letter date 19 April 1939, Stamp 6 May 1939, Polizei-Präßident, Berlin, reverse — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Letter date 19 April 1939, Stamp 6 May 1939, Polizei-Präßident, Berlin, front

Richborough transit camp, Wolfgang Priester, Pamphlet, Deutßche Preße = Korreßpondenz, nd, cover — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Pamphlet, Deutßche Preße Korreßpondenz, nd, cover

Richborough transit camp, Wolfgang Priester, Pamphlet, Deutßche Preße = Korreßpondenz, nd, reverse — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Pamphlet, Deutßche Preße Korreßpondenz, nd, cover

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Wolfgang Priester, Reisepass, Deutsches Reich, Document, German passport, J

Wolfgang Priester, Reisepass, Deutsches Reich, Document, German passport, photograph — Wolfgang Priester, Reisepass, Deutsches Reich, Document, German passport, J

Below: Male Enemy Alien – Exemption from Internment – Refugee

Card – copyright of image held by the British National Archives

Male enemy alien - Exemption from internment - Refugee 

Surname: Priester 

Forenames: Wolfgang, Heinz

Alias: --- 

Date and place of birth: 20/7/1907 in Berlin

Nationality: German 

Police Regn. Cert. No. 711191

Home Office ref no: C 111 

Address: Kitchener Camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent 

Normal occupation: Journalist

Present occupation: Day guard and bricklayer

Name and address of employer: --- 

Decision of tribunal: Exempted "C" & 9a      

Date: 10.10.1939 

Whether exempted from Article 6(A): Yes 

Whether desires to be repatriated: No


Tribunal district: Richborough Camp Tribunal 1

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, National Registration Identity Card — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, National Registration Identity Card. Cards were issued from October 1939

Kitchener camp, Pioneer Corps, Wolfgang Priester, Pay allowances and stoppages, page 1

Kitchener camp, Pioneer Corps, Wolfgang Priester, Pay allowances and stoppages, page 2 — Kitchener camp, Pioneer Corps, Wolfgang Priester, Pay allowances and stoppages, page 1

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, programme for week beginning 13 November 1939, Party of men for enlistment

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Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, November 1939, Luggage store receipt F3, F6, front

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, General Stores note, 16 November 1939, and Pioneer Corps Army number — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, November 1939, Luggage store receipt F3, F6, front

Kitchener camp, Wolfgand Priester, Army Form E 531A, Duration Engagement, page 1

Kitchener camp, Wolfgand Priester, Army Form E 531A, Certified copy of Attestation, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, No. 3 Centre, 17 November 1939 — Kitchener camp, Wolfgand Priester, Army Form E 531A, Duration Engagement, page 1

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, NCO Course: No. 3 Centre Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps, First week

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, NCO Course: No. 3 Centre Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, Second week — Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, NCO Course: No. 3 Centre Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps, First week

Wolfgang Priester, Document, No. 3 Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps Centre, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Officers Jonas May, Second Lt M J Banks, Serial No. 19, Part II Orders, 26 January 1940, Page 1

Wolfgang Priester, Document, No. 3 Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps Centre, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Serial No. 19, Part II Orders, 26 January 1940, Page 2

Wolfgang Priester, Document, No. 3 Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps Centre, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Serial No. 19, Part II Orders, 26 January 1940, Page 3 — Wolfgang Priester, Document, No. 3 Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps Centre, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Serial No. 19, Part II Orders, 26 January 1940, Page 2

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Provisional Home Service Ration, Scale, nd

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Kithcner camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, 29 January 1940, Luggage store, Haig camp

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, 29 January 1940, Luggage store, Haig camp

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, No. 74 Coy, Diet sheet for today, 2 February 1941

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, No. 74 Coy, Diet sheet for today, 2 February 1941

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74th and 396th Company, Bill of Fare week ending 26 February 1941

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer corps, 74 Company, Major J E Durber, Special order, 7 March 1941

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74 Coy, Pass for absence, 28 March 1941, to Nottingham and London, stationed Marlborough, Wilts, 21 March 1941

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps

74 Coy, Pass for absence, 28 March 1941

To Nottingham and London, stationed Marlborough, Wilts, 21 March 1941

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, No. 74 Coy, Diet sheet for today, 2 April 1941

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74 Coy, Permission for absence, 12 April 1941, Salisbury — Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, No. 74 Coy, Diet sheet for today, 2 April 1941

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74 Coy, Medical certificate, to report to PC at Marlborough, Wilts, nd

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Attachment to army forms, Notes on Leave for dental treatment

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester

Association of Jewish Refugees

Fairfax Mansions, 17 September

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Association of Jewish Refugees, Fairfax Mansions, 17 September

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74th Coy, Receipts and accounts, Major W M Hollingsworth, Quarterly Audit Board

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Wolfgang Priester, AMPC, 74 Company, Pass, 2 November

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74 Coy, Pass for absence, Nov 9 — Wolfgang Priester, AMPC, 74 Company, Pass, 2 November

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74th Company, Christmas day 1941, Menus, Major Durber

Lost luggage at Kitchener Camp

Kitchener camp, Document, Wolfgang Priester, Haig camp, Central British Fund for German Jewry, Bloomsbury House, Lost, damaged luggage, List of missing articles form

Kitchener camp, Document, Wolfgang Priester, Haig camp, Central British Fund for German Jewry, Bloomsbury House, Lost, damaged luggage, Statutory declaration, Commissioner for Oaths — Kitchener camp, Document, Wolfgang Priester, Haig camp, Central British Fund for German Jewry, Bloomsbury House, Lost, damaged luggage, List of missing articles form

Kitchener camp, Document, Haig camp, Central British Fund for German Jewry, Bloomsbury House, Lost, damaged luggage, December 1942

Richborough camp, Document, Haig camp, Central British Fund for German Jewry, Bloomsbury House, Lost, damaged luggage, nd — Kitchener camp, Document, Haig camp, Central British Fund for German Jewry, Bloomsbury House, Lost, damaged luggage, nd

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Leaving Germany, List of articles, values

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Leaving Germany, List of articles, values

Richborough camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, List of items, 74 Company, Pioneer Corps — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, List of items, 74 Company, Pioneer Corps

Richborough camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, List of items, 74 Company, Pioneer Corps, reverse — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, List of items, 74 Company, Pioneer Corps, reverse

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, List of items, 74 Company, Pioneer Corps — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, List of items, 74 Company, Pioneer Corps, Richborough, Kent

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Wolfgand Priester, Pioneer corps, Morning sick report, Detained, 15 March 1943

Wolfgand Priester, Pioneer corps

Morning sick report

Detained, 15 March 1943

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74th Company, Bill of Fare week 21 to 28 February 1943

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74th Company, Bill of Fare week ending 2 May 1943 — Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74th Company, Bill of Fare week 21 to 28 February 1943

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Christmas 1943, Dinner menu

Wolfgang Priester, Peter Priestley, Berlin, Journalist, Document, KL Sachsenhausen 1938 — Wolfgang Priester, Peter Priestley, Berlin, Journalist, Document, KL Sachsenhausen 1938, dated 15 April 1944

Wolfgang Priester, Allied Expeditionary Force, Document June 1944

Editor: For more information on the item above, see https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/?dod-date=606

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Soldier's Service Book, Pioneer Corps — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Soldier’s Service Book, Pioneer Corps

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Soldier's Service Book, Pioneer Corps — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Soldier’s Service Book, Pioneer Corps

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Pamphlet by the Commander-in-Chief on Non-Fraternisation, cover, March 1945

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Pamphlet by the Commander-in-Chief on Non-Fraternisation, page 1, March 1945 — Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Pamphlet by the Commander-in-Chief on Non-Fraternisation, cover, March 1945

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Pamphlet by the Commander-in-Chief on Non-Fraternisation, page 4, March 1945

Wolfgang Priester

Soldier’s Release Book Class A

Document, front cover

Soldier's Release Book Class A, Document, front cover

To the young and not so young, Pamphlet, HM Forces War Savings Committee, page 1, 1945 — Wolfgang Priester, To the young and not so young, Pamphlet, HM Forces War Savings Committee, page 1, 1945

Wolfgang Priester, To the young and not so young, Pamphlet, HM Forces War Savings Committee, page 2 — Wolfgang Priester, To the young and not so young, Pamphlet, HM Forces War Savings Committee, page 1, 1945

On the Forces war Savings Committee, see http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1313

Wolfgang Priester, Transfer to Army Reserve, 12 December 1945

Wolfgang Priester, Stanesamt, Document, Stadt Berlin, 27 May 1946

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Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester,Peter Priestley, Certificate of Naturalization, 1 April 1947 — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Peter Priestley, Certificate of Naturalization, 1 April 1947

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Peter Priestley, Oath of Allegiance, 29 April 1947 — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Peter Priestley, Certificate of Naturalization, 1 April 1947

All images kindly submitted by David Priestley, for his father, Wolfgang Priester

Letters

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R J Oppenheimer, Wolfgang Priester, Release from imprisonment, 21 March 1938

Wolfgang Priester, Letter 14 March 1939, Fred Wilson & Co., Berlin

Wolfgang Priester, Letter, 26 May 1939, Deutßche Preße = Korreßpondenz

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Letter, 17 June 1939, Rosenberg Loewe and Co., Luggage, Customs Office

Wolfgang Priester, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Hut 1/I, Number 1249, Postmark Remagen, 4 August 1939, address

Wolfgang Priester, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Hut 1/I, Number 1249, Postmark Remagen, 4 August 1939, text

Wolfgang Priester, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Hut 1/I, Number 1249, Postmark Remagen, 4 August 1939, address

Wolfgang Priester, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Hut 1/I, Number 1249, Postmark Remagen, nd, text

Kitchener Transit Camp, Richborough, Hut 1/II, Wolfgang Priester

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Letter, 12 Ocobter 1939, Rosenberg Loewe and Co., Luggage at docks

Kitchner camp, Hut 1/II, Wolfgang Priester, Letter, 19 October 1939, Rosenberg Loewe, Luggage — Kitchener camp, Hut 1/II, Wolfgang Priester, Letter, 19 October 1939, Rosenberg Loewe, Luggage

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Wolfgang Priester, Letter, 3 November 1939, Luggage, trunks

Wolfgang Priester, Letter

3 November 1939

About luggage, trunks

Kitchener camp, Richborough, Hut I/II, Wolfgang Priester, Envelope, 4 November 1939

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Army Punishment, Letter 14 November 1940, page 1

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Army Punishment, Letter 14 November 1940, page 2 — Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Army Punishment, Letter 14 November 1940, page 1

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester

Jewish Refugees Committee, Letter, 31 March 1941

Richborough luggage, bicycle, damaged and missing

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Jewish Refugees Committee, Letter, 31 march 1941, Richborough luggge, bicycle, damaged and missing

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Letter, 1938, transit camp, Uncle R J Oppenheimer, Berlin, Will, estate, translation

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74 Coy, Pioneer Corps, Custodian of enemy property

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Letter 30 April 1941, Public Trustee Office, 74 Coy Pioneer Corps, Military Hospital

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Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Red Cross letter dated 10 May 1941, stamped 18 July 1941, front

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Red Cross letter dated 10 May 1941, stamped 18 July 1941, reverse — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Red Cross letter dated 10 May 1941, stamped 18 July 1941, front

Kitchener camp, Letter, Jewish Refugees Committee, Luggage department, 3 July 1941, 74th Company, Pioneer Corps

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Letter, 6 October 1943, Luggage

Wolfgang Priester, Surveyor, King's Warehouse, Custom House, Letter 18 November 1943, Garrison Welfare Officer, Bicester, Cine-projector, Luggage — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Letter, 6 October 1943, Luggage

Jewish Refugees Committee, Bloomsbury House, Letter, 27 March 1944, Wolfgang Priester, Private Peter Priestley, War Office, page 1

Jewish Refugees Committee, Bloomsbury House, Letter, 27 March 1944, Wolfgang Priester, Private Peter Priestley, War Office, page 2 — Jewish Refugees Committee, Bloomsbury House, Letter, 27 March 1944, Wolfgang Priester, Private Peter Priestley, War Office, page 1

Wolfgang Priester, Envelope, wartime postal restrictions, the War Office

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Letter, 24 May 1944, Luggage, Central British Fund for German Jewry, Bloomsbury House

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, From OC 93 Coy, Letter 14 July 1945, postal redirection

Wolfgang Priester, Letter 2 August 1945 Pioneer Corps, Welfare, Alien personnel, L/Cpl Layton, L/ Cpl Landau, Ptes. Priestley, Reyee, Rapier, Welfe, Tyman, Tepiel, Leigner, Commanding 302 Coy, Tracing relatives 5 August 1945

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Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Card 1945, Field Marshal B L Mongomery, Leaving 21 Army Group, Return to civil life, thanks, front, 1946

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Card 1945, Field Marshal B L Mongomery, Leaving 21 Army Group, Return to civil life, thanks, reverse, Billet 4, Room 10, 1946 — Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Card 1945, Field Marshal B L Mongomery, Leaving 21 Army Group, Return to civil life, thanks, front, 1946

Wolfgang Priester, Jewish Refugees Committee, Letter, 12 April 1946, Maintenance payment due, Bloomsbury House, payment counterfoils

Wolfgang Priester, Jewish Refugees Committee, Letter, 12 April 1946, Maintenance payment due, Bloomsbury House — Wolfgang Priester, Jewish Refugees Committee, Letter, 12 April 1946, Maintenance payment due, Bloomsbury House, payment counterfoils

Wolfgang Priester, War Office, Letter 17 December 1946, Inter-services Naturalization Board

Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 93 Company, Letter 5 July 1948

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Letter, Red Cross, 12 August 1971, Gestapo

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Photographs

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Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Deutßche Reichspoßt, Carte D'Identitié, photograph — Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Deutßche Reichspoßt, Carte D’Identitié, photograph

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Photograph from Reisepass, Deutsches Reich, Document, German passport, photograph

Wolfgang Priester, Kitchener camp, Royal Pioneer Corps

Wolfgang Priester, Kitchener camp, Royal Pioneer Corps

Wolfgang Priester, Kitchener camp, Royal Pioneer Corps, 1942

Wolfgang Priester, Kitchener camp, Royal Pioneer Corps, 1942

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Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps

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