Lily Knips, as many of you know, was a German Jewess who lived in Berlin prior to the Second World War. Her second husband, a non-Jew, had passed away earlier in the 1930s and she was alone in the city. Her only child, Lothar Sauer, had gone to England in the mid-1930s to study and […]
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While searching Ancestry a few months ago, I noticed that the array of Births, Marriages and Deaths from Berlin had been expanded. Births were now available up to 1906, Marriages up to 1936 (formerly 1920) and Deaths up to 1955 (formerly 1935 I think). Quite a bonanza! I had high hopes of tracking down the
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Several months ago (April!) I received an email from a German researcher, Heinz-Jörgen K.-v.H. who has been tracing the lives of the Katz family. Those who follow this blog might recall that Lily (née Katz) Knips was a Jewish widow living in Berlin, who in 1938, was introduced to Josef Jakobs by friends. Josef tried
Preamble There are two final key individuals involved in Ziebell’s black market passport business in Berlin: Herr & Frau Reiwald. Both individuals were mentioned by Josef Jakobs and Lily Knips, but the details we have on them are very sketchy. Information from Josef Jakobs & Lily Knips Josef said that he introduced many rich Jews
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Preamble to Wilhelm Noher Another blog in my series focused on the black market passport business run by Jürgen Ziebell in Berlin during the Second World War. I highly recommended that you read my earlier blog for an overview of the sale of black market passports to Berlin Jews, as related by Josef Jakobs and
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There is another person whom Josef Jakobs and Lily Knips both mentioned, a German Jewess who also sought to escape Nazi Germany. This Fräulein Schachtel apparently bought a Finnish passport through Ziebell but neither Josef nor Lily knew what became of her. Let’s take a look… What Lily Knips & Josef Jakobs Said On 28
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We are going to take a bit of a break from the schemers behind the black market passport business in 1930s Berlin and focus on a few of the desperate Jewish clients who sought to escape Nazi Germany.. **** Before I begin this blog, I need to acknowledge Lily’s granddaughter, Sylvia, who has welcomed me
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N.B. I normally try to include a fair few photographs in my blog posts to add visual interest. In this case, it didn’t seem entirely appropriate but I have included links to some images on other sites. Information from Josef Jakobs For an introduction to the Jewish emigration business, please read the blog here first.
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In my previous blog, I gave an overview of Josef Jakobs and his involvement with a black market passport business. I’m going to begin this overview with a summary of what Frau Lily Knips, German Jewish refugee told the officers of MI5 about the passport business with which Josef was involved. Lily had escaped to
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N.B. 2019 08 26 – This blog is constantly being updated as I publish blog posts about the characters Introduction A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog post about Josef Jakobs and one of his associates (Egon Rammrath) and the black market passport “business” that they were involved with in Berlin from 1937-38.
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