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Max Lauinger Red Cross document.
Compiled from various sources during and after the war.
Important index information:
Max was given a "Sperr":A temporary exemption from deportation.
(Mainly because Max was a WWI army Veteran for the German forces)
His previous occupation:Owner/head of an export trading company.
Worked in Amsterdam for the "Joodse Raad"("JR"),Jewish Council.
At the Jewish Council he was a "Referent,an advisor for issuing "Sperrs".
Max was fluent in:English,German,French,Spanish,Swedish and Malay(Malaysia).
On the top right wrriten date of deportation to Westerbork: 20.06.43
Under the date are the Barracks unit number he was in:
Barrack number 70 and later on he was moved to Barrack number 84.
Later on Max and Dora were joined in Barrack number 84.
Max and Dora were deported to Bergen Belsen camp ("B B") on 11-01-44.
End of document shows Max's estimated passing date: Between 10 April and 1 May 1945.