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Emil Pfeffer

Emil Pfeffer was an older brother of Fritz Pfeffer.

Person

  • Emil Pfeffer
  • Born on: April 29, 1887
  • Born in: Gießen, Duitsland
  • Died on: Oct. 23, 1956
  • Died in: Johannesburg, Zuid-Afrika

Emil Pfeffer was the third child of Ignatz Pfeffer and Jeanette Pfeffer-Hirsch and an older brother of Fritz Pfeffer.[1]

In 1926 he married Fanny Süskind (30 Augustus 1892). On 30 December 1928 their daughter Ursula Amanda Jeanette was born.[2]

Emil fled Germany in 1937 because of the Nazi persecution and settled in South Africa. On 20 August 1947 he obtained South African nationality.[3]

Fanny and their daughter temporarily moved in with her sister Meta in Oberdollendorf, before they also fled to South Africa together in March 1939.[1]

Emil passed away in 1956, Fanny in 1960.[4]

Source personal data.[5] Addresses: Marktplatz 6 Gießen; 3 Dalimo Court, Judith Paarl, Johannesburg.

Footnotes

  1. a, b Bernd Lindenthal, 'Fritz Pfeffer war der Zimmergenosse von Anne Frank, Zur Erinnerung an den Zahnarzt aus Gießen', in: Mitteilungen des Oberhessischen Geschichtsvereins Gießen, NF 85, 2000, p. 100.
  2. ^ Brief van Stadtarchiv Gießen aan Bernd Lindenthal, 2 september 1999.
  3. ^ Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Nederlands Beheersinstituut, toegang 2.09.16,, inv. nr. 4391: Memorandum 252/4, d.d. 14 januari 1955.
  4. ^ South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966, FamilySearch, Entry for Fanny Suesskind Pfeffer, 8 Mar 1960.
  5. ^ South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966, FamilySearch, Entry for Emil Pfeffer, 23 Oct 1956.