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Emma Katz (Kurz)

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Birthplace: Frankfurt a/Main, Hesse, Germany
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Wife of Siegfried Katz
Mother of Private; Private and Private

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About Emma Katz

  • Date/place of birth in 1961 entry card into United States. [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)]
  • Identified as Emma Katz, geb. Kurz, in Ancestry.com. Germany, Index of Jews Whose German Nationality was Annulled by Nazi Regime, 1935-1944 [database on-line].
  • Identified as wife of Siegfried 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; see Airplane Manifest cited above.
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Emma Katz's Timeline

1910
December 18, 1910
Frankfurt a/Main, Hesse, Germany
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