Erich SCHLOSS

{geni:about_me} In the Nov. 2, 1945 edition of US published German-language newspaper, AUFBAU, there appears the following notice: "Erich Schloss (aus Wuerzburg, aus Polen befreit), Fuerth in Bayern, Winklerstr. 23, sucht Josef, Grete, Max und Leo Ansbacher und Hans Philipps (alle New York) und Erna Schloss (Palaestina). Naeheres durch Louis Lauer, 167 Ridgewood Ave., Newark 8, N.J."

Erich survived the Shoah at Riga and was able to emigrate. He arrived in New York on July 15, 1946, aboard the S/S Marine Flasher, which sailed from Bremen, "under President [Truman]'s Directive of Dec. 22, 1945"* on July 5. He traveled with German visa no. 8036 and was planning to stay at #5 Broadway Terrace, NY [100]33. Information from NY Passenger Lists, Ancestry.com.

*can be viewed online at http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/documents/displace.htm

From <A HREF="http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-deport.htm">The History Place: Holocaust Timeline</A>:

The Jews of Wuerzburg were taken by police officials into the Platzscher Garten hotel. In one room of the hotel, their luggage was inspected by Gestapo officials and all valuables were confiscated. The luggage was then taken to a collecting area, from where it would supposedly be taken to the deportation train. However, the deportees never saw their luggage again.

In a second room, the deportees surrendered all their personal papers showing ownership of securities and property. They were left only with their identification cards, watches and wedding rings. In the next room the deportees underwent body searches for concealed valuables. Even gold fillings were removed from their teeth. Next, their identification cards were stamped "evakuiert" [deported].

They were then surrendered to an SS detachment until ready to leave for the railway station. To facilitate the march through the city and the boarding of the trains, the deportees were organized into groups led by Jewish ordners. The transport traveled to Nuremberg, where it was attached to a larger Judentransport departing for ghettos and concentration camps in the East.

According to Michael Schneeberger, Erich survived the Shoah at Riga and was living in New York City in 1985.

In the Nov. 2, 1945 edition of US published German-language newspaper, AUFBAU, there appears the following notice: "Erich Schloss (aus Wuerzburg, aus Polen befreit), Fuerth in Bayern, Winklerstr. 23, sucht Josef, Grete, Max und Leo Ansbacher und Hans Philipps (alle New York) und Erna Schloss (Palaestina). Naeheres durch Louis Lauer, 167 Ridgewood Ave., Newark 8, N.J."

Erich arrived in New York on July 15, 1946, aboard the S/S Marine Flasher, which sailed from Bremen, "under President [Truman]'s Directive of Dec. 22, 1945"* on July 5. He traveled with German visa no. 8036 and was planning to stay at #5 Broadway Terrace, NY [100]33. Information from NY Passenger Lists, Ancestry.com.

*can be viewed online at http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/documents/displace.htm

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