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Hugo Katz

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Themar, Thuringia, Germany
Death: January 04, 1936 (44)
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Place of Burial: Jüdischer Friedhof im Pragfriedhof Stuttgart
Immediate Family:

Son of Abraham Adolf Katz and Merle Meta Katz
Husband of Selma Katz
Father of Walter Ludwig/Laurence  Katz (later Rich)
Brother of Hedwig Katz; Martha Hahn; Elka Goudsmid; Bettina Katz; Josef Katz and 5 others

Managed by: Sharon Meen
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About Hugo Katz

  • See S. Meen, "The Family of Abraham and Meta (née Schwab) Katz," https://judeninthemar.org/the-family-of-adolf-meta-nee-schwab-katz/
  • Date/place of birth identified in Jüdische Gemeinde Themar (Kr. Hildburghausen). Themar Matrikel 1820-1938, Koblenz: Bundesarchiv 1958.
  • Identified as son of Abraham/Adolf and Meta Schwab in Themar Matrikel cited above.
  • Hugo Katz served in the army from 1911 until 1914. It is not known if he fought in World War I. Ancestry.com. Bremen, Germany, Military Lists, 1712-1914 [database on-line]. 2016.
  • Identified as husband of Selma Berlinger in family records of W. L. Rich.
  • Identified as father of Walter Ludwig Katz, b. 1927, in family records of W. L. Rich. Walter Ludwig Katz was able to leave Germany and enter England before World War II began. Walter Ludwig Katz was adopted and changed his name to Walter Laurence Rich.
  • Date/place of death, and place of burial, in the FindaGrave database: Hugo Katz, b. 20 September 1891, died 4 Jan 1936 (aged 44) and his burial in the Jüdischer Friedhof im Pragfriedhof Stuttgart, Stuttgart-Nord, Stadtkreis Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113168712/hugo-katz?. There is no image of the gravestone in this database.
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Hugo Katz's Timeline

1891
September 20, 1891
Themar, Thuringia, Germany
1927
January 14, 1927
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1936
January 4, 1936
Age 44
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Jüdischer Friedhof im Pragfriedhof Stuttgart