Wilhelm (Willi) Zinn

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Wilhelm "Guilherme" Zinn

Also Known As: "Willi", "Guillherme"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stanislav, Austro Hungarian Empire, Poland at the time
Death: April 28, 1977 (66)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Heart attack or emphisema)
Place of Burial: Brazil
Immediate Family:

Son of Emanuel (Mendel) Zinn and Berta Blume Jente Singer-Zinn, הי״ד
Husband of Geny Ribeiro-Zinn
Brother of Leon Heinrich Zinn and Siegfried Zinn

Occupation: Physical therapist/masseur
Managed by: Yigal Burstein
Last Updated:

About Wilhelm (Willi) Zinn

After the Nazi's rise in Germany and the Anschluss of Austria on March 12,1938, emigrated to Brazil and established his family there. By 1940, he already married a young widow who had 2 young girls but did not have any children of his own.

Latest information as of January 30, 2018: Willi (his name in Brazil was Guilherme Zinn) was married to Geny Ribeiro da Silva on the 25th of February, 1938 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Wielhem (Willy) arrived in Brazil sometime in late September 1930, at the age of 19 and the passenger list has his last residence as Stanislav. Contrary to Leon Zinn, his brother, whose last residence in Europe was Vienna.

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Wilhelm (Willi) Zinn's Timeline

1911
April 6, 1911
Stanislav, Austro Hungarian Empire, Poland at the time
1977
April 28, 1977
Age 66
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Brazil