Gert Herz

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Gert came to the Netherlands on January 4th, 1939. First he stayed at the Riveirenhuis in de Steeg, then at many different addresses. In September 1940 he went to Wieringen.
When he came to the Netherlands Gert was learning to become a car mechanic.
His mother was Johanna Kaufmann, born in 1895 in Saarlouis. she was deported in November 1941 from Velbert to Minsk. His father was Ernst Herz, born in 1887 in Velbert. He was a cigar maker. After Krsitallnacht he was imprisoned in Dachau for a while. In Ocotber 1941 he was deported to the Lodz ghetto.
His parents did have an affidavit for the US.
Last address in Germany: Velbert, Sontumerstr. 77
Source: National Archives, 2.04.58, inv. 130 and others