Siegfried Katz

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Siegfried Katz

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Holzheim, Hesse, Germany
Death:
Immediate Family:

Son of Jacob Katz and Emma Katz
Husband of Emma Katz
Father of Private; Private and Private
Brother of Charles Isidor Katz; Private; Benno Katz and Private

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About Siegfried Katz

  • Date/place of birth #31 in Hanno Müller, Juden in Pohlheim, Garbenteich, Grüingen, Holzheim, Walzenborn-Steinberg (2015), p. 84
  • Identified as son of Jakob and Emma (née Neumann) Katz in Müller.
  • Siegfried Katz lived in Lich until 1933 and then moved to Frankfurt a/Main.
  • Identified as husband of Emma Katz in ship's manifest of their entry into United States in April 1939. [Source: Year: 1939; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 6313; Line: 4; Page Number: 84/Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line].
  • The ship's manifest cited above indicates that Siegfried and Emma Katz left Germany in 1939 and travelled to Johannesburg, where Siegfried's brother Benno lived. Then, In February 1939, they obtained visas to enter the United States, and travelled there via England, arriving on 14 April 1939.
  • In March 1961, entry cards for Siegfried and Emma Katz entering the United States state that their permanent residence was Johannesburg. [Source: The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving at New York, New York, 12/01/1957 - 11/03/1969; NAI Number: 2848504; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3998; NARA Roll Number: 461 (Ancestry.com)]
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Siegfried Katz's Timeline

1905
July 1, 1905
Holzheim, Hesse, Germany
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