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Hans Pfeffer

Hans Pfeffer was a younger brother of Fritz Pfeffer.

Person

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  • Hans Pfeffer
  • Born on: June 19, 1894
  • Born in: Gießen, Duitsland
  • Died in: Irvington, New Jersey, USA

Hans Pfeffer, Gießen, rond 1905

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Hans Pfeffer was the sixth and youngest child of Ignatz Pfeffer and Jeanette Pfeffer-Hirsch and a younger brother of Fritz Pfeffer.[1]

There are two known photos of him dating from 1912 and possibly also one photo showing him together with his two brothers Fritz and Ernst.[2]

When he maried his wife Louise/Liesel is unknown, but on 23 April 1932 their daughter Ellen was born.[3]

It's unclear when and how Hans and his family ended up in the United States. Probably they left Germany in November 1933.[1] According to a 1940 US census, the family lived in the town of Newark, New Jersey in 1935. Hans lived in the United States under the name Henry Pfeffer and found work as a porter in a department store.[4]

According to a 2015 obituary of his daughter Ellen Kusalba-Pfeffer, she came to the United States at the age of seven. This means that she would not have arrived there until 1939 or 1940.[5]

Hans was back in Germany in 1937, in that year he left Hamburg alone on the S.S. Manhattan to the United States, where he arrived in New York on November 19.[6] It is unclear whether his daughter was indeed still living in Germany at that time.

Hans passed away in Augustus 1966, his wife Louise in December 1984.[7]

Source personal data.[8] Addresses: Marktplatz 6, Gießen (Germany); Irvington, Essex, New Jersey (USA).

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. 101.
  2. ^ Hanno Müller, Fotos Gießener Juden, Gießen: Magistrat der Universitätsstadt Gießen, Stadtarchiv, 2019, p. 92-93; Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, reg. code A_Pfeffer_III_046; Some sources state that not Hans, but their older brother Emil is depicted on this photo. Lindenthal, 'Fritz Pfeffer war der Zimmergenosse von Anne Frank'. p. 124.
  3. ^ Brief van Stadtarchiv Gießen aan Bernd Lindenthal, 2 september 1999.
  4. ^ "Essex, New Jersey, United States records, Aug 5, 2018," images, FamilySearch, image 459 of 805; United States. National Archives and Records Administration.
  5. ^ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch, Ellen M. Pfeffer Kusalba, 2015; Burial.
  6. ^ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch, Hans Pfeffer, 1937; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  7. ^ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", FamilySearch, Entry for Mrs Louise Ptefter Pfeffer and Mrs Ellen M Kusalba, 29 Dec 1984.
  8. ^ Brief van Stadtarchiv Gießen aan Bernd Lindenthal, 2 september 1999; "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch, Henry Pfeffer, Aug 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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Fritz Pfeffer, met zijn broers Ernst Pfeffer (links) en Hans Pfeffer (rechts), Gießen, rond 1905

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