Georg Flatow

Georg F. was a government ministry advisor in retirement in Berlin and held a doctoral degree (Dr., Ministerialrat a. D.) (Berlin Addressbook 1938)

In September 1933 Georg Flatow visited his old friend prof. mr. dr. George van den Bergh. Georg Flatow, a former high civil servant, was the contact person in the Netherlands for a committee for German Jews (Zentral Ausschuss der Deutschen Juden für Hilfe and Aufbau). The two friends started talking about the problems with the Jewish refugees and the future of Jewish youth in Germany. Then they ca…

Georg and Hedwig Flatow were German Jews who lived in Berlin until 1939. Their address was: Berlin-Schlachtensee Niklasstrasse 5 (temporary Chamberlainstraße). Because of their Jewish origin, they were persecuted by the Nazis and forced to emigrate with her daughter Ilse.
They fled to one of their best friends: Prof. Dr. jur van den Bergh, Amsterdam, Van Eeghenstraat 106 and worked sometimes in th…

The Flatow family lived in Berlin until 1939, their address was: Berlin-Schlachtensee Niklasstrasse 5 (temporary Chamberlainstraße). Because of their Jewish origin, they were persecuted by the Nazis and forced to emigrate with her daughter Ilse. They fled to one of her best friends: Prof. Dr. George van den Bergh, Amsterdam, Van Eeghenstraat 106 and worked sometimes in the “Werkdorp Nieuwesluis, W…

On February 26 1934, 'Dr. Flatow' represented George vd Bergh in a meeting of the Joodsch Vluchtelingen Comite (Jewish Refugee Committee) with attorney Benno Stokvis and a mr. Jacobson to discuss what could be done for Hans Goldstein (german & jewish), who was extradited to Germany that same day.
Source: Municipal Archive Amsterdam, Collection Benno Stokvis (archive nr 736), inventory nr 13.

Dr. Kurt Yonah Mendelsohn war mit Dr. Flatow deutscher Vertreter im vorläufigen Komite zur Gründung einer Bildungskolonie für jüdischen Emigranten, anschließend 1934-1938 Verwaltungsratsmitglieder (Mendelsohn auch Schriftleiter) Werkdorp Nieuwesluis. Flatow und er sollen in der Anfangsphase einen entscheidenden Einfluß auf die Wahl des Personals gehabt haben.

In dem Gedenkbuch von Julius Reutlinger über das Werkdorp Wieringen hat sich ein erstes Foto von Georg Flatow gefunden.