Group photographs

Kitchener camp and Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps

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Kitchener camp, Hans Friedmann, 1939
Kitchener camp, Hans Friedmann, 1939
Kitchener camp, Hans Friedmann, 1939
Kitchener camp, Hans Friedmann, 1939
Kitchener camp, Hans Friedmann
Kitchener camp, Hans Friedmann
Recognised in the photograph by family, Richard Cohn, back row, left

The Berlin ORT at Kitchener Camp, September 1939
The Berlin ORT at Kitchener Camp, September 1939

Recognised by family: Rudolf Ruben – 5th from the left in the back row; Werner Hirschfeld – 6th from the right in the back row; Alfred Jason – one row back from the front in the middle

Kitchener camp, army photograph, 1939/40 Will Reissner is standing on the far left, back row Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi Reissner
Kitchener camp, army photograph, 1939/40 Will Reissner is standing on the far left, back row Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi Reissner
Willi Reissner, army photograph, reverse, names
Willi Reissner, army photograph, reverse, names
Willi Reissner, British Army, nd
Willi Reissner, British Army, nd
Kitchener camp, Willi Reissner
Will Reissner is on the front row, on the left
Will Reissner, British Army, Hesedorf bei Bremervörde, 15 August 1945
Will Reissner, British Army, Hesedorf bei Bremervörde, 15 August 1945

Walter Brill and friend; Kitchener camp hut, 1939
Walter Brill and friend; Kitchener camp hut, 1939
Walter Brill; playing cards in the British army; Second World War
Walter Brill; playing cards in the British army; Second World War

Georg Benjamin, photograph, 2017
Kitchener camp, 1939 Georg Benjamin, second row back, centre
Georg Benjamin, photograph, 2017
Kitchener camp, 1939 Georg Benjamin, front left
Kitchener camp, Georg Benjamin, photograph, 2017
Kitchener camp, 1939 Georg Benjamin, left
Georg Benjamin, photograph, 2017
Kitchener camp, 1939 Georg Benjamin, kneeling

Kitchener Camp 1939, also known as Richborough
Werner Weissenberg, Refugees at Kitchener Camp – also known as Richborough transit camp, 1939
Recognised in the photograph by family, Jakob Lengel, back row, far left
Richborough transit camp: photograph by water tower
Werner Weissenberg, back row, third from right
Recognised in the photograph by family, Jakob Lengel, back row, far right
Some of the refugees at Kitchener Camp - also know as Richborough transit camp
Werner Weissenberg, Refugees at Kitchener Camp – also known as Richborough transit camp, 1939

Richborough camp, Sandwich, 1939, Hugo Heilbrunn, front row far right, outside Hut 32
Kitchener camp, 1939, Hugo Heilbrunn, front row far right, outside Hut 32

Richborough camp, Sandwich 1939, Hans Friedrich Elias
Kitchener camp, 1939, Hans Friedrich Elias, with his brother Eduard Elias
Recognised in the photograph by family, Hans Einziger, third from the left, wearing spectacles
Kitchener camp, Herbert Nachmann, with the ORT, far left
Herbert Nachmann, far left, with members from the Berlin ORT school

Kitchener camp 1939, Herbert Finkelstein
Inmates of Kitchener camp, Hut 8; Herbert Finkelstein fourth from the left

Jacob Raphael, Kitchener camp, July 1939
Jacob Raphael, Kitchener camp, July 1939
Jacob Raphael, Kitchener camp, July 1939
Jacob Raphael, Kitchener camp, July 1939, Hut 33
Jacob Raphael, Kitchener camp, July 1939
Jacob Raphael, Kitchener camp, July 1939
Jacob Raphael, Kitchener camp, July 1939
Jacob Raphael, Kitchener camp, July 1939

Kitchener camp, Moshe Chaim Grunbaum, 1939
Kitchener camp, Moshe Chaim Grünbaum, 1939

Werner Hirsch, Kitchener camp, 1939
Werner Hirsch, Kitchener camp, 1939
Werner Hirsch, Kitchener camp, 1939
Werner Hirsch, Kitchener camp, 1939
Kitchener camp, Werner Hirsch, 1939
Kitchener camp, Werner Hirsch, 1939

Leo Rosengarten, Kitchener camp 1939, possibly hut 23. Leo is on the left of the picture at the end of the front row, just behind one of the men reclining on the ground
Leo Rosengarten, Kitchener camp 1939, possibly hut 23. Leo is on the left of the picture at the end of the front row, just behind one of the men reclining on the ground

Kitchener camp, Lothar Nelken, 1939
Kitchener camp 1939, Lothar Nelken, friends and colleagues
Richborough transit camp, Lothar Nelken, 1939
Kitchener camp, Lothar Nelken, 1939

Hermann Diamant and Joseph Haber, around 1944, taken in Farnham, Virginia after emigrating to the USA
Hermann Diamant and Joseph Haber (Kitchener camp residents), around 1944, taken in Farnham, Virginia after emigrating to the USA. In the photograph above, Hermann is centre back, looking over the shoulders of his friend Jospeh Haber and his wife Giesel Jufy Haber.

PKitchener camp, Pioneer Corps, Willi Reissner
Pioneer Corps, Willi Reissner is on the far left
Kitchener camp, Willi Reissner
Willi Reissner, Pioneer Corps, second from the left, in the top row
Kitchener camp, Willi Reissner
Willi Reissner, Pioneer Corps
Kitchener camp, Willi Reissner, Pioneer Corps
Kitchener camp, Willi Reissner, Pioneer Corps, HQ II

Kitchener camp, Vulkan family, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps
Kitchener camp, Vulkan family, Auxiliary Military Pioneer corps

Richborough camp, Erich Silbermann, Pesach Seder, Britain, April 1944
Kitchener camp, Erich Silbermann, Pesach Seder, Britain, April 1944 Erich is 3rd from the front in the right-most row

Kitchener camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror - Boiler suits
Kitchener camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror – Boiler suits
Kitchener camp, Some Victims, 1939 - billiards
Kitchener camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror, 1939 – billiards Identified in the picture – Karl Reiser
Richborough transit camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror, 1939 - communal mealtimes
Kitchener camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror, 1939 – communal mealtimes Recognised by family: Georg Chodziesner, fourth on the right from the front
Richborough transit camp, Some Victims, 1939 - English lessons
Kitchener camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror, 1939 – English lessons
Richborough transit camp, Some Victims, 1939 - there are 60 doctors in the camp
Kitchener camp, Some Victims, 1939 – there are 60 doctors in the camp
Richborough transit camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror, Magazine, 1939
Kitchener camp magazine, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror – A game of table tennis
Richborough camp, Some Victims, 1939
Kitchener camp magazine, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror – A game of chess
Richborough trust camp 1939
Kitchener camp, Some Victims, 1939 – repairing chairs
Richborough camp, Some Victims, 1939 - musicians
Kitchener camp, Some Victims of the Nazi Terror, 1939 – musicians

Richborough camp 1939, Erich Peritz, Pioneer Corps
Kitchener camp 1939, Erich Peritz, Pioneer Corps. Identified by family – back row, far right, is my father, Harry Steiner
Richborough camp 1939, Erich Peritz, Pioneer Corps
Kitchener camp 1939, Erich Peritz, Pioneer Corps
Richborough camp 1939, Erich Peritz, Pioneer Corps
Kitchener camp 1939, Erich Peritz, Pioneer Corps

Richborough camp, Hut 22, Fritz Bleicher, 1939
Kitchener camp, Hut 22, Fritz Bleicher, 1939.
Recognised by family, Heinz Dehn, second from the right on the front row

Richborough camp 1939, Victor Cohn
Kitchener camp 1939, Victor Cohn
Richborough camp 1939, Victor Cohn
Kitchener camp 1939, Victor Cohn

Richborough transit camp, Isidor Wilkenfeld
Kitchener camp 1939, Isidor Wilkenfeld

Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim
Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim – far right
Richborough camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim, at the beach
Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim, at the beach
Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim
Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim
Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim
Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim
Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim
Kitchener camp, 1939, Herbert Mosheim

Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps
Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps
Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps
Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps
Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps
Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps
Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps
Kitchener camp, Wolfgang Priester, 74th Company Pioneer Corps

Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki, Reading letters
Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki, Reading letters
Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki
Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki
Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki, Photo, Austin car with blackout cover on headlight
Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki, Photo, Austin car with blackout cover on headlight
Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki
Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki
Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki, Photo
Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki, Photo
Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki, Photo
Kitchener camp, Werner Gembicki, Photo

Kitchener camp, Manele Spielmann, With a friend called Katz, 1939
Kitchener camp, Manele Spielmann, With a friend called Katz, 1939

Richborough refugee camp, Martin Gellert, third from left bare chested with an axe, 1 July 1939
Kitchener camp, Martin Gellert, third from left bare chested with an axe, 1 July 1939

Richborough transit camp, Hermann Wetterhahn, 1939
Kitchener camp, Hermann Wetterhahn, 1939

Kitchener camp, Peter Weiss, Autobiography, Archbishop of Canterbury visit
Kitchener camp, Peter Weiss, Autobiography, Archbishop of Canterbury visit

Kitchener camp, Julius Gildener, with brother-in-law Arnold Vogel
Kitchener camp, Julius Gildener (left), with brother-in-law Arnold Vogel (right)

Kitchener camp, Julius Gildener
Kitchener camp, Julius Gildener, far left

Kitchener camp, Julius Gildener, subjects unknown
Kitchener camp, Julius Gildener, subjects unknown

Kitchener camp, Pioneer Corps Training Ground No. 3, Julius Gildener, subjects unknown
Kitchener camp, Pioneer Corps Training Ground No. 3, Julius Gildener, subjects unknown

Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Social evening, Turner’s Court, 8 March 1940

Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner’s Court, 1939 / 1940
Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner’s Court, January 1940. Horst is in the front row, left
Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner’s Court, January 1940. Horst is in the middle of the middle row on the right
Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner’s Court, Group photos. “Run Adolf” is written on the snowman
Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner's Court, December 1939
Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner’s Court, December 1939
Kitchener camp, Horst Spies, Dovercourt Boys, Turner’s Court, Social evening, 8 March 1940. Horst in bow tie and tails, right.

Kitchener camp, Nuchim Kürschner, Kitchen workers
Kitchener camp, Nuchim Kürschner, Kitchen workers
Kitchener camp, Nuchim Kürschner, Probably hut 10/II, with 'x' - friend and business partner from Vienna - Salomon Walter
Kitchener camp, Nuchim Kürschner, Probably hut 10/II, with ‘x’ – friend and business partner from Vienna – Salomon Walter
Kitchener camp, Richborough, Nuchim Kürschner, Salomon Walter
Kitchener camp, Richborough, Nuchim Kürschner (on the right), Salomon Walter (on the left)

Richborough transit camp, 1939 - Herbert Weiss - group photograph
Kitchener camp, Herbert Weiss – group photograph

Kitchener camp, Schmuel Kamm, Hut group photograph
Kitchener camp, Schmuel Kamm, Hut group photograph. Schmuel is front row second from the left
Kitchener camp, Schmuel Kamm, Water tower group photograph
Kitchener camp, Schmuel Kamm, Water tower group photograph. Schmuel is at the back

Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, On the left outside hut
Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, On the left outside hut
Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, Third from left outside hut, D
Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, Third from left outside hut, D
Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, Image from 'Some Victims of the Nazi Terror', Magazine 1939
Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, Image from ‘Some Victims of the Nazi Terror’, Magazine 1939
Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, 1939
Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, 1939
Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, 1939/1940
Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, 1939/1940
Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, Relaxing on the beach with friends, Summer 1939
Kitchener camp, Oskar Reininger, Relaxing on the beach with friends, Summer 1939

Kitchener camp, Richborough, Franz Schanzer, With cello, Centre right
Kitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, With cello, Centre right
Kitchener camp, Richborough, Franz Schanzer, Orchestra
Kitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, Orchestra
Kitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, With cello
Kitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, With cello
Kitchener camp, Richborough, Franz Schanzer, Third from the left
Kitchener camp, Franz Schanzer, Third from the left