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File
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URO-TA-Pers-2763
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ID
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997013170222805171
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Title
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Birnbaum, Emil, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, reparations file.
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Main applicants and victims of persecution
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Birnbaum, Emil, 1883-1956, URO applicant, victim
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Birnbaum (née Schwarzschild), Recha Rachel, 1891-, URO applicant, victim, heir
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Birnbaum, Siegfried, victim, relative
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Katz, Hugo, 1899-, victim, witness, relative
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Years
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1955-1974
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Content
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Emil Birnbaum, a former co-owner of a wholesale business in Frankfurt am Main, sought compensation for various Nazi-era persecutions through the United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv and Frankfurt am Main. His claims included harm to profession, harm to liberty for his imprisonment in Buchenwald concentration camp from November 15 to December 15, 1938, following the November Pogrom (Kristallnacht), and harm to belongings. The property losses consisted of a lift of household items partly seized from the warehouse, partly confiscated in Trieste, personal items taken in the camp (a golden watch and chain, an attache case, and pajamas), a 'Tatra' car sold under duress in 1938, punitive taxes, and losses on life insurance policies. He was also forced to sell his business - shop of mill goods. Following his release from Buchenwald, Emil was forced to emigrate from Germany, arriving in Palestine with his wife and youngest daughter in February 1939. Post-war, he worked at a bank in Tel Aviv until 1952, when illness forced him to stop. After his death on March 5, 1956, his widow, Recha Rachel Birnbaum, and their four daughters—Gerti Biena Katz, Ruth Rosalie Blake, Hertha Amalie Mirjam Schatz, and Lotte Caroline Lea Schiffmann (Schifron)—continued the claims as his heirs, with assistance from the Legal Aid Department (LAD) and the General Trust Corporation for specific claims. The heirs received several compensations: DM 40,000 for professional harm, DM 116.30 for insurance damages, DM 180 for emigration costs, and a final settlement of DM 130 for the forced sale of the car.
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Additional biographic data on victims of persecution
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Birnbaum, Emil, born 13.09.1883 in Frankfurt (Germany), died 05.03.1956 in Tel Aviv (Israel), citizenship: German, former profession: merchant, co-owner of a wholesale business.
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Birnbaum (née Schwarzschild), Recha Rachel, born 12.08.1891 in Frankfurt (Germany), citizenship: German, former profession: commercial correspondent.
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Blake (née Birnbaum), Ruth Rosalie, born 20.04.1917 in Frankfurt (Germany), citizenship: German.
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Katz (née Birnbaum), Gerti Biena (Bina), born 13.06.1913 in Frankfurt (Germany), citizenship: German, former profession: kindergarten teacher.
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Schatz (née Birnbaum), Hertha Amalie Mirjam (Herta), born 07.10.1920 in Frankfurt (Germany), citizenship: German, former profession: worker.
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Schiffmann (née Birnbaum, Schifron), Lotte Caroline Lea, born 09.03.1923 in Frankfurt (Germany), citizenship: German, former profession: nurse.
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Birnbaum, Siegfried, citizenship: German, former profession: merchant, co-owner of a wholesale business.
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Katz, Hugo, born 28.06.1899 in Frankfurt (Germany).
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Other victims of persecution mentioned
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Stein, David, victim, witness
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Other related individuals
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Birnbaum, Heinemann, relative
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Birnbaum, Panny, relative
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Schifron, Dov, heir
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Alfeld, P., URO employee
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Barth, URO employee
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Drews, URO employee
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Ehrlich, Georg, URO employee
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Ernst, A., URO employee
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Fraustädter, URO employee
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Freöhlich, URO employee
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Hamburger, URO employee
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Hohenstein, Werner, URO employee
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Kreusler, URO employee
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Landau, URO employee
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Levy, R., URO employee
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Löhnis, URO employee
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Muckermann, German legislative
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Pick, P., URO employee
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Praustädter, URO employee
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Reinhardt, German legislative
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Sladowsky, URO employee
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Spier, S., URO employee
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Stakemann, German legislative
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Theuerkauf, URO employee
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Blake (née Birnbaum), Ruth Rosalie, 1917-, heir
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Katz (née Birnbaum), Gerti Biena (Bina), 1913-, heir
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Schatz (née Birnbaum), Hertha Amalie Mirjam (Herta), 1920-, heir
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Schiffmann (née Birnbaum, Schifron), Lotte Caroline Lea, 1923-, heir
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Related concentration and conscript labor camps
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Buchenwald
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Additional notes
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Contains biography.
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Contains medical records.
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