Under Construction

• For a background on the life and work of Carl Laemmle, see Wikipedia...
• For Carl Laemmle's role in saving jews from Germany, see the New York Times...
• In German, "Carl Laemmle und Deutschland", by Dr. Udo Bayer. Note: This page is under construction. Its aim is to build a repository of the individuals and families that Carl Laemmle was able to take out of Germany in the few years prior to WW2. Please collaborate formally with the project in case you wish to add names to the list. In case there is no Geni profile yet for a specific individual, please add basic details in the list.

Laemmle's List

It is unlikely that Carl Laemmle had a formal list. He probably proceeded ad hoc only. However, pulling together all the individuals he saved results in a list - hence the name of this project.

• Julius Adler and wife Paula Obernauer 1Sept 1938. They were preceded by their son Erich Adler (25 Jan 1937) and daughter Lore Sophie Adler (18 Oct 1937)
• Arthur Einstein, with wife Irene Guggenheimer and son Fritz Einstein (Visa 7/11/1939) - Source: Dokumentationszentrum Oberer Kuhberg Ulm...
• Hermann Einstein
• Louis Laemmle
• Margarete Levi (Visa 21/10/1937)
• Wilhelm Obernauer, and family
• Erich Nathorff, with wife Hertha Nathorff and son Heinz Nathorff
• Emil Treitel, and wife and three children
• ...

Notes

• According to J. Wissmann, chief executive of the Jewish Oberrat in Stuttgart, Carl Laemmle had submitted over 300 affidavits.
• to the family of Emil Treitel, wife and three children, a document of Carl Laemmle is shown to all five profiles