Ida Heilbrunn

• Date/place of birth identified in Siegfried Wolf. Juden in Thüringen 1933-1945: Biographische Daten. (2000), vol 1, p 215
• Identified as daughter of Emil and Babette Heilbrunn, see Wolf
• On 8 May 1935, 14-year old Ida Heilbrunn left Germany, sailing from Hamburg to New York/NY. She was sponsored by the German Jewish Children's Aid organization; see ship's manifest at Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line].
• In 1940, she applied for American citizenship; see Ancestry.com. New York, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1940 [database on-line].
• In 1940, Ida Heilbrun lived at the Home for Hebrew Infants in Bronx, New York, where she worked as a child's nurse; see Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]
• Ida Heilbrunn tried to bring her parents to the States, but failed. See Ancestry.com. Jewish Transmigration Bureau Deposit Cards, 1939-1954 (JDC) [database on-line].

Photo: 1940 United States Federal Census