Willi Bernhard (1899 - 1943)

Born 8 Jun 1899 in Tessin, Freistaat Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 4 Mar 1943 at age 43 in Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bielitz, Oberschlesien, Preußen, Deutsches Reich [uncertain]

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Biography

Willi Bernhard has Jewish Roots.

Willi Bernhard died as a result of persecution during the Holocaust.

Research Notes

Note N572July 2003: checked US Holocaust Memorial Museum name search-name list (available at genealogy conference in DC) and found:

Willi Bernhard b. 06081899

pre-war residence: Berlin

died at Auschwitz

German Memorial Book

Seems very likely right person. Page of Testimony at Yad Vashem submitted 1970 by third cousin of Willy's wife, John Henry Richter -- says born 8 June 1899 in Stettin. Lived in Berlin during war. Married to Meta. Gives his death as 4 March 1943.

• place of birth: Tessin or Stettin? (Birth record needed)

Sources

• Yad Vashem