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Personal documentation regarding Rudolph Erwin Alexander Schwab and his relatives, 1933-1962

Personal documentation regarding Rudolph Erwin Alexander Schwab and his relatives, 1933-1962 - Registration of Rudolf Schwab's business in Brussels, 12/10/1933 (p. 19); - Genealogy of the Schwab family (pp. 24-28); - Certificate awarded to Alexander Schwab, 21/02/1936, for his service as a German Army soldier in combat during World War I (p. 33); - Certificate of honorary service awarded to Alexander Schwab by the "German Association of Jewish Combatants", including notification that Schwab intends to emigrate to Shanghai, 01/08/1939 (p. 40); - Letter of confirmation by the council of the Jewish Community of Shanghai that Alexander Schwab (Rudolf Schwab's uncle) was an inmate in a Japanese military refugee camp, 18/05/1943-05/08/1945; letter dated, 14/03/1955 (p. 52); - Letter sent by Rudolf Schwab to Hanau municipal council member Oskar Schenck, including mention that the Nazis sent Schwab's mother the ashes of her husband Max Schwab by mail in 1942; letter dated, 16/01/1961 (p. 63); - Letter sent by Rudolf Schwab to Hanau municipal council member Oskar Schenck, including mention that Schwab emigrated from Germany in 1933; letter dated, 25/09/1961; Rudolf Schwab further mentions in the letter: - Nazi authorities quoted a heart attack as being the cause of death of his father Max Schwab; - Raids on Jews in Hanau by Nazi (NSDAP) leader Bender and others; - Aryanization of the family's property, and the sale of the property to a man named Schilling; - His father Max Schwab was known as a World War I combatant; he received extra food portions during World War I due to the former mayor of Hanau, Mueller-Starke, who treated Schwab in a favorable manner (pp. 74-76); - Verdict by the Federal Court of Law in Karlsruhe, 29/07/1964, concerning approval of the reparation claims of Rosa Tuteur (Rudolf Schwab's aunt). Rosa Tuteur's husband was forced to close his business in 1934. Rosa Tuteur and her husband were deported by the Nazis to Gurs camp, where they were inmates until 04/02/1941 (pp. 88-91); - Handwritten notes of Rudolf Schwab concerning events and people in his personal surroundings during the Nazi rule, including the names of victims, witnesses and perpetrators; notes written, 11/02/1948 (pp. 104 and 105); Names and dates concerning the fate of Rudolf Schwab's relatives, 1933-1945, including: - Deportation of Rosa and Siegfried Tuteur to a camp in Clairac, France, 05/06/1942; - Emigration of Alfons Demuth to the United States, 1940; - Emigration of Armand Demuth to England, 1940; - Erna and Louis Heymann, who became paralyzed after the war; - Emigration of Alexander Schwab to Shanghai; - Deportation of Johanna Stern to Theresienstadt, 1942; - Emigration of Reny (Hoexter) to Brazil, 1933-1934; - Imprisonment of Walter Hoexter by the Nazis, 1936; - Deportation of Hans Schwab to Poland; - Deportation of Alice, Oskar and Lotte (?) to Poland, 1941 (pp. 106, 107); - Genealogy of the Schwab family, including the history of the family (pp. 110-129); note mentioning that "Walter Hoexter was deported from the Amberg prison to Auschwitz". (p. 111); - Various newspaper clippings, dated 23/06/1962, concerning the transfer of the remains of Max Schwab from the Jewish cemetery of Frankfort to the Jewish cemetery of Hanau, 23/06/1962, including mention of the murder of Max Schwab in Oranienburg camp, 19/02/1942. His widow, Martha Schwab, was deported to Auschwitz, 06/06/1942, where she perished. (pp. 157-165).
item Id
9257774
Type of material
Letter
File Number
1589.1
Language
French
English
German
Record Group
O.75 - Letters and Postcards Collection
Date of Creation - earliest
11/04/1888
Date of Creation - latest
23/06/1962
Name of Submitter
Daniel Schwab
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
165
Connected to Item
File Collection: Correspondence of Rudolph Erwin Alexander Schwalb regarding reparations