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Kurt Beer

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Neusalz an der Oder, Germany (now Poland)
Death: October 20, 1983 (76)
West Palm Beach, FL, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of Irma Beer and Bella Beer
Father of Günther Max Beer

Managed by: Sharon Meen
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About Kurt Beer

  • identified as husband of Irma Beer (née Klara), with marriage date, in Jutta Hoschek, Ausgelöschtes Leben: Juden in Erfurt 1933-1945 (Erfurt: 2013), p.49.
  • Kurt Beer left Germany and first went to Holland and then to England. (Source: Hoschek)
  • In England, Kurt Beer lived in Kitchener Camp, Sandwich, supported by the Central British Fund for German Jewry (CBF); see http://www.kitchenercamp.co.uk
  • His wife, Irma, and son, Günther Max, tried but failed to join him. On 10 May 1942, they were deported to Belzyce Ghetto. Both were murdered in September 1942.
  • He left England in July 1947 for New York City, sponsored by his brother-in-law, Martin Klaar. He travelled with his second wife, Bella. [Source: Ancestry.com. UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012; Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line].]
  • Date/place of death in Ancestry.com. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line].
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Kurt Beer's Timeline

1906
October 31, 1906
Neusalz an der Oder, Germany (now Poland)
1938
May 1, 1938
Glogow, Głogów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
1983
October 20, 1983
Age 76
West Palm Beach, FL, United States