Wolfgang Priester – born in Berlin, Germany, 20 July 1907
Profession in country of origin: Journalist
Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Germany on 9 May 1939
Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Deutßche Reichspoßt, Carte D’Identitié, photograph, 20 August 1936Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Deutßche Reichspoßt, Carte D’IdentitiéKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Taxes Richard Oppenheimer, 27 April 1938, page 1Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Taxes Richard Oppenheimer, 27 April 1938, page 2Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Taxes Richard Oppenheimer, 27 April 1938, page 3Estate auction, J Oppenheimer, Harry Priester, Berlin Monday 20 June 1938 from 10 to 7 o’clock, and Tuesday 21 June 1938 at 11 o’clock, page 1Estate auction, J Oppenheimer, Harry Priester, Berlin Monday 20 June 1938 from 10 to 7 o’clock, and Tuesday 21 June 1938 at 11 o’clock, page 2Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Letter date 19 April 1939, Stamp 6 May 1939, Polizei-Präßident, Berlin, frontKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Letter date 19 April 1939, Stamp 6 May 1939, Polizei-Präßident, Berlin, reverseKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Pamphlet, Deutßche Preße = Korreßpondenz, nd, coverKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Pamphlet, Deutßche Preße = Korreßpondenz, nd, reverseWolfgang Priester, Reisepass, Deutsches Reich, Document, German passport, JWolfgang Priester, Reisepass, Deutsches Reich, Document, German passport, photographWolfgang Priester, Reisepass, Deutsches Reich, Document, German passport, Berlin stamp, pages 4 and 5Wolfgang Priester, Reisepass, Deutsches Reich, Document, German passport, Leave to land in Dover, Arrival 9 May 1939, Visa stampWolfgang Priester, Reisepass, Deutsches Reich, Document, German passport, Visa de Transit, 6 April 1939
Below: Male Enemy Alien – Exemption from Internment – Refugee
Card – copyright of image held by the British National Archives
Surname: Priester
Forenames: Wolfgang, Heinz
Alias: ---
Date and place of birth: 20/7/1907 in Berlin
Nationality: German
Police Regn. Cert. No. 711191
Home Office ref no: C 111
Address: Kitchener Camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent
Normal occupation: Journalist
Present occupation: Day guard and bricklayer
Name and address of employer: ---
Decision of tribunal: Exempted "C" & 9a
Date: 10.10.1939
Whether exempted from Article 6(A): Yes
Whether desires to be repatriated: No
<Reverse of card>
Tribunal district: Richborough Camp Tribunal 1
Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, National Registration Identity Card. Cards were issued from October 1939Kitchener camp, Pioneer Corps, Wolfgang Priester, Pay allowances and stoppages, page 1Kitchener camp, Pioneer Corps, Wolfgang Priester, Pay allowances and stoppages, page 2Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, programme for week beginning 13 November 1939, Party of men for enlistmentKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, November 1939, Luggage store receipt F3, F6, frontKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, General Stores note, 16 November 1939, and Pioneer Corps Army numberKitchener camp, Wolfgand Priester, Army Form E 531A, Duration Engagement, page 1Kitchener camp, Wolfgand Priester, Army Form E 531A, Certified copy of Attestation, Auxillirary Military Pioneer Corps, No. 3 Centre, 17 November 1939Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 21 November 1939, Luggage store receipt F3, F6, reverseWolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, NCO Course: No. 3 Centre Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps, First weekWolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, NCO Course: No. 3 Centre Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps, Second weekWolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, NCO Course: No. 3 Centre Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps, Third weekWolfgang Priester, Document, No. 3 Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps Centre, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Officers Jonas May, Second Lt M J Banks, Serial No. 19, Part II Orders, 26 January 1940, Page 1Wolfgang Priester, Document, No. 3 Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps Centre, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Serial No. 19, Part II Orders, 26 January 1940, Page 2Wolfgang Priester, Document, No. 3 Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps Centre, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Serial No. 19, Part II Orders, 26 January 1940, Page 3Wolfgang Priester, Document, No. 3 Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps Centre, Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Serial No. 19, Part II Orders, 26 January 1940, Page 4Wolfgang Priester, Document, No. 3 Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps Centre, Richborough, Sandwich, Serial No. 19, Part II Orders, 26 January 1940, Page 5Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, No. 3 Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps Centre, Richborough, Part II orders, 26th January 1940, Page 6Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Provisional Home Service Ration, Scale, ndKithcner camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, 29 January 1940, Luggage store, Haig campWolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, No. 74 Coy, Diet sheet for today, 2 February 1941Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74th and 396th Company, Bill of Fare week ending 26 February 1941Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer corps, 74 Company, Major J E Durber, Special order, 7 March 1941Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74 Coy, Pass for absence, 28 March 1941, to Nottingham and London, stationed Marlborough, Wilts, 21 March 1941Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, No. 74 Coy, Diet sheet for today, 2 April 1941Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74 Coy, Permission for absence, 12 April 1941, SalisburyWolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74 Coy, Ration card for 21 days, Military Hospital, Pass with premission to travel through London, 19 June 1941 to 10 July 1941, OC Military Hospital ShaftesburyWolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74 Coy, Medical certificate, to report to PC at Marlborough, Wilts, ndWolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Attachment to army forms, Notes on Leave for dental treatmentKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Association of Jewish Refugees, Fairfax Mansions, 17 SeptemberWolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74th Coy, Receipts and accounts, Major W M Hollingsworth, Quarterly Audit BoardWolfgang Priester, AMPC, 74 Company, Pass, 2 NovemberWolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74 Coy, Pass for absence, Nov 9Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74 Coy, Pass for absence, Nov 16Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74th Company, Christmas day 1941, Menus, Major DurberKitchener camp, Document, Wolfgang Priester, Haig camp, Central British Fund for German Jewry, Bloomsbury House, Lost, damaged luggage, List of missing articles formKitchener camp, Document, Wolfgang Priester, Haig camp, Central British Fund for German Jewry, Bloomsbury House, Lost, damaged luggage, Statutory declaration, Commissioner for OathsKitchener camp, Document, Haig camp, Central British Fund for German Jewry, Bloomsbury House, Lost, damaged luggage, December 1942Kitchener camp, Document, Haig camp, Central British Fund for German Jewry, Bloomsbury House, Lost, damaged luggage, ndKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Leaving Germany, List of articles, valuesKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Leaving Germany, List of articles, valuesKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, Leaving Germany, List of articles, valuesKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, List of items, 74 Company, Pioneer CorpsKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, List of items, 74 Company, Pioneer Corps, reverseKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Document, List of items, 74 Company, Pioneer Corps, Richborough, KentWolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74th Company, Bill of Fare week 21 to 28 February 1943Wolfgand Priester, Pioneer corps, Morning sick report, Detained, 15 March 1943Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, 74th Company, Bill of Fare week ending 2 May 1943Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Christmas 1943, Dinner menuWolfgang Priester, Peter Priestley, Berlin, Journalist, Document, KL Sachsenhausen 1938, dated 15 April 1944Wolfgang Priester, Peter Priestley, Berlin, Journalist, Document, KL Sachsenhausen 1938, dated 15 April 1944Wolfgang Priester, Allied Expeditionary Force, Document June 1944
Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Soldier’s Service Book, Pioneer CorpsKitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Soldier’s Service Book, Pioneer CorpsWolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Pamphlet by the Commander-in-Chief on Non-Fraternisation, cover, March 1945Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Pamphlet by the Commander-in-Chief on Non-Fraternisation, page 1, March 1945Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Pamphlet by the Commander-in-Chief on Non-Fraternisation, page 3, March 1945Wolfgang Priester, Pioneer Corps, Pamphlet by the Commander-in-Chief on Non-Fraternisation, page 4, March 1945Wolfgang Priester, Soldier’s Release Book Class A, Document, front coverWolfgang Priester, To the young and not so young, Pamphlet, HM Forces War Savings Committee, page 1, 1945Wolfgang Priester, To the young and not so young, Pamphlet, HM Forces War Savings Committee, page 2
Wolfgang Priester, Transfer to Army Reserve, 12 December 1945Wolfgang priester, Pioneer Corps, Card 1945, Field Marshal B L Mongomery, Leaving 21 Army Group, Return to civil life, thanks, front, 1946Wolfgang priester, Pioneer Corps, Card 1945, Field Marshal B L Mongomery, Leaving 21 Army Group, Return to civil life, thanks, reverse, Billet 4, Room 10, 1946Wolfgang Priester, Stanesamt, Document, Stadt Berlin, 27 May 1946Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Peter Priestley, Certificate of Naturalization, 1 April 1947Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, Peter Priestley, Oath of Allegiance, 29 April 1947
All images kindly submitted by David Priestley, for his father, Wolfgang Priester
