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Josef Klüger

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Juswin, Ukraine
Death: August 20, 1977 (83)
San Francisco, CA, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of Helene Klueger
Father of Lothar Klueger

Managed by: Sharon Meen
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About Josef Klüger

  • Date/place of birth in entry card for imprisonment in Buchenwald in the "Arbeitscheu Aktion" of June 1938; see https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/6293878
  • Identified as husband of Helene (née Rosenthal) Klueger, whom he married on 22 June 1926 in Gehaus in Siegfried Wolf. Juden in Thüringen 1933-1945: Biographische Daten. (2000), vol 1, p. 302.
  • Identified as father of Lothar Klüger in Wolf.
  • Josef Klüger was arrested in June 1938 in the "Arbeitscheu Aktion." He was not released until 02 February 1940. See documents in https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/search?s=Josef%20Klüger%201894
  • The immigration index card for the Klüger family indicates that Josef Klüger was able to escape to Shanghai on 09 February 1940, after his release from Buchenwald.
  • There is an index card in the U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 for Josef Klueger becoming an American citizen on 20 Dec 1962; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5639095:1629?tid=...
  • Date/place of death inAncestry.com. California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line].
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Josef Klüger's Timeline

1894
January 8, 1894
Juswin, Ukraine
1927
May 20, 1927
Gehaus, Stadtlengsfeld, Thüringen, Germany
1977
August 20, 1977
Age 83
San Francisco, CA, United States