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Katharina <I>Weil</I> Veit

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Katharina Weil Veit

Birth
Germany
Death
18 Sep 1958 (aged 89)
Larchmont, Westchester County, New York, USA
Burial
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Katharina Weil was born on 16th December 1868 in Albersweiler nach Bergzabern. Katharina married Julius on 5.9.1894 in Landau, they lived in Freiburg im Breisach and together they had five surviving children. She was an important support to the Veit family and business.

After having her children Katharina firstly became independently employed and then became a partner in Zigarrenhaus des Martinstor together with Felix Lange, located on the ground floor of Kaiserstr.124.

Along with her husband Julius and her eldest daughter Antonie, Katharina was deported from Freiburg to Gurs, France on 22nd October 1940. Katharina and Toni stayed interned together in Gurs until 19th January 1942, then on 20th January 1942 to Camp Noe. She was held in Camp Noe until 17th August 1943. After a 2 month stop in Lons-le-Saunier she was relocated for almost 3 years to the Hospice de la Charite in Macon.

Katharina was sponsored to emigrate to the USA by her daughter Gretel and it is thought she moved to America in 1946. She became a US citizen on 11th November 1954 and lived at 395 Weaver Street, Larchmont, New York with Gretel and Ernst Frohman. She made a claim for Restitution that failed on the grounds that the family business was failing without the intervention of the National Socialists.

She died on 18th September 1958 in Larchmont, USA.
Katharina Weil was born on 16th December 1868 in Albersweiler nach Bergzabern. Katharina married Julius on 5.9.1894 in Landau, they lived in Freiburg im Breisach and together they had five surviving children. She was an important support to the Veit family and business.

After having her children Katharina firstly became independently employed and then became a partner in Zigarrenhaus des Martinstor together with Felix Lange, located on the ground floor of Kaiserstr.124.

Along with her husband Julius and her eldest daughter Antonie, Katharina was deported from Freiburg to Gurs, France on 22nd October 1940. Katharina and Toni stayed interned together in Gurs until 19th January 1942, then on 20th January 1942 to Camp Noe. She was held in Camp Noe until 17th August 1943. After a 2 month stop in Lons-le-Saunier she was relocated for almost 3 years to the Hospice de la Charite in Macon.

Katharina was sponsored to emigrate to the USA by her daughter Gretel and it is thought she moved to America in 1946. She became a US citizen on 11th November 1954 and lived at 395 Weaver Street, Larchmont, New York with Gretel and Ernst Frohman. She made a claim for Restitution that failed on the grounds that the family business was failing without the intervention of the National Socialists.

She died on 18th September 1958 in Larchmont, USA.


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