Max Metzger – born in Frankfurt, Germany, on 27 April 1917
Profession in country of origin: Gardener
Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Germany in 1939
Max Metzger – KZ Dachau card – listing name, prisoner number, and date of release Document reproduced here with the kind permission of the Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Richborough, Max Metzger, ITS Documents from the Wiener Library – Germans living outside Germany on 25 November 1941 were made stateless, Dated 20 August 1948 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Richborough, Max Metzger, ITS Documents from the Wiener Library, “Lager (camp) in England” from 13 July 1939 to 18 December 1939, Dated 1 October 1952 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Richborough, Max Metzger, KL Dachau, 9 November 1938 to 12 April 1939, Allied High Commission for Germany, ITS Documents from the Wiener Library, 17 January 1955 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Richborough, Max Metzger, ITS Documents from the Wiener Library, Finding form 9 February 1955 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Richborough, Max Metzger, ITS Documents from the Wiener Library, Finding form 9 February 1955 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Richborough, Max Metzger, KZ Dachau – Record card, ITS Documents from the Wiener Library Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Richborough, Max Metzger, KL Dachau, Released 12 April 1939, ITS Documents from the Wiener Library, Dated 16 March 1955 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Richborough, Max Metzger, ITS Documents from the Wiener Library, Munich 1958, Charlotte Metzger, deregistration took place on 3 March 1943, with an unknown destination, Dated 12 May 1958 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Richborough, Max Metzger, KL Dachau, 10 November 1938, Allied High Commission for Germany, ITS Documents from the Wiener Library Dated 23 June 1955 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Male enemy alien - Exemption from internment - Refugee
Surname: Metzger
Forename: Max
Alias: -
Date and place of birth: 27/04/1917 in Frankfurt
Nationality: German
Police Regn. Cert. No.: 712 106
Home Office ref: C 951
Address: Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent
Normal occupation: Gardener
Present occupation:
Name and address of employer: -
Decision of tribunal: Exempted "C" & 9a
Date 16.10.1939
Whether exempted from Article 6(A): Yes
Whether desires to be repatriated: No
Tribunal District: Richborough Camp Tribunal 7
Signature of Tribunal (?) Sudgen
Source: National Arrives, Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index, 1939-1947
Editor’s note: We are not allowed to reproduce National Archives (UK) images, but we are permitted to reproduce the material from them, as shown above
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Pioneer Corps Army Form E531, Part II, 18 December 1939 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Pioneer Corps Army Form E531, Part VI, 18 December 1939 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Pioneer Corps Army Form E531, Military History Sheet, 18 December 1939 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Industry Group and Occuptional Classification, Vegetable and flower gardener, 69 Coy, AMPC, 5 March 1941 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Pioneer Corps Army Form A 2012, Enlistment form – “either of whose parents was not at birth a British subject”, 3 December 1939 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Pioneer Corps, 69 Company, Not willing to be employed overseas, “In the event of my capture I might be treated by the enemy as a traitor, and/or my relatives resident in enemy or enemy occupied territory might be subject to enemy reprisals, 14 August 1941 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Pioneer Corps, Application upheld, 19 August 1941 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Pioneer Corps, Army Form B200B, NRIC, DIRE/10/190, Enlisted at Richborough, End of service 19 January 1946, Discharged 10 February 1954 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Pioneer Corps, Army Form B200B, NRIC, DIRE/10/190, Enlisted at Richborough, End of service 19 January 1946, Discharged 10 February 1954 (bottom of previous page) Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Military History Sheet (cont.d), 1939/45 Star, France and Germany Star Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Pioneer Corps, Army Form B103-I, Service and Casualty Form, AMPC, 1 February 1946 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, AMPC forms, 69 Coy, British Expeditionary Force to France, Changed Army number and name on 28 June 1943, Standard trade test as an electrician – passed Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Service and Casualty Form, Part II, Class A release to Royal Army Reserve Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Army Form B102 – Strength on transfer, Class A release Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Army Form B102 – Pioneer Corps, 69 Company, 137 Company, 114 Company, Class A release, reverse Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Discharge of Aliens: ID certificate, Appendix C, Address – Austrian Centre, Association of Austrians in Great Britain, 126 Westbourne Terrace, London W2, Police registration in London, 19 January 1946 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
Kitchener camp, Max Metzger, Pioneer Corps, Notification of impending release, 114 Company, “Has been employed as interpreter (German) in this Company and has proved of inestimable value. Is willing & reliable”, 16 January 1946 Submitted by Mark Proctor for his grandfather Max Metzger (Butcher)
