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Siegfried Klee (abt. 1887 - abt. 1945)

Siegfried Klee
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of [private son (1920s - unknown)] and
Died about at about age 57 in Holocaust - Unknown Locationmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Siegfried was born January 8, 1887 in Germany. He married Selma Meyer [1] and they had a son, Walter,[2] and a daughter Helga[3][4]

Siegfried's son, Walter Klee, sailed for America on the S.S. Manhattan, leaving Hamburg, Germany on Mar 9th, 1938, and arriving at the port of New York on Mar 18, 1938. He left behind his nearest relative, his father S. Klee of 5 Hinter der Schule Plaidt, Germany. He was going to his cousin S. Galison on W. 88th St. New York City.[2]

The Jewish Transmigration Bureau aided Jews in leaving Europe. They had a system whereby deposits were made, for example in the United States, to pay for ship tickets, for Jews trying to leave. Walter Klee, in 1941, living at 2643 Broadway, then 115 100th Street and then 103 W. 100th Street in New York City, made several deposits for the purpose of obtaining tickets for Siegfried, Selma and Helga Klee, who lived in Plaidt, Koblenz, Germany. His money was refunded, less the cost of some cables, on Jan 19, 1942, and the account was closed. At which point, Walter and the Bureau, must have been fairly certain that his parents and Helga were not going to make it out of Germany. Ancestry Family trees indicate that Helga was his sister.[3][4] Walter, subsequently, joined the US Army to fight against the Germans.[5]

Siegfried, undoubtedly, died sometime before the end of World War II as a victim of the Holocaust. [1]

Notes

Although, Siegfried's birth date is currently unverifiable, having come from an unsourced gedcom, his relationships to Selma, Walter and Helga have been verified.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Aron, Dennis, Impact of the Holocaust on the Descendants of Jakob Moyses and Sara of Meudt. October 2012. Includes the following record:

  2. 2.0 2.1 "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22087-793-14?cc=1923888 : accessed 6 April 2015), 6127 - vol 13189-13190, Mar 17, 1938 > image 712 of 778; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  3. 3.0 3.1 Jewish Transmigration Bureau Deposit Record, (accessed April 6, 2015), Payment record made by Walter Klee for Siegfried, Selma, and Helga Klee.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Jewish Transmigration Bureau Deposit Record, (accessed April 6, 2015), Case index card Walter Klee for Siegfried, Selma, and Helga Klee.
  5. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • WikiTree profile Klee-168 created through the import of LoewensteinDescent.ged on Sep 18, 2011.




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Should Siegfried be Category:Holocaust Victims at Unknown Location ?
posted by Anne B

K  >  Klee  >  Siegfried Klee

Categories: Holocaust Victims at Unknown Location