Eduard Elias, born in Vienna, Austria, on 2 June 1905
Profession in country of origin: wholesale business supplying motor car parts
Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Austria on 24 July 1939
Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 18 November 1938 Submitted by Eric Elias for his father Eduard EliasEduard Elias, Dachau, Letter, 18 November 1938, translation Submitted by Eric Elias for his father Eduard EliasEduard Elias, Dachau letter, 22 November 1938 Submitted by Eric Elias for his father Eduard EliasEduard Elias, Dachau cover, Letter, 6 December 1938Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 6 December 1938Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 6 December 1938_002Eduard Elias, Dachau, Letter, 6 December 1938, translation Submitted by Eric Elias for his father Eduard EliasEduard Elias, Dachau letter, 19 December 1938Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 19 December 1938_002Eduard Elias, Dachau, Letter, 19 December 1938, translationEduard Elias, Dachau letter, 31 December 1938Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 31 December 1938_002Eduard Elias, Dachau, Letter, 30 December 1938, translationKitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 5 January 1939
Dachau Concentration Camp Headquarters
Dachau 3 K
5 January 1939
Mrs Bertha Elias
Vienna
11 Konigsegg Lane
The two powers of attorney and five passport pictures will be handed back after completion of the signature by Eduard Elias. At the same time the Reichspass No. 644533.1 and five interest coupons will be transmitted. In addition, a forwarding authority and five passport pictures will be returned after completion of the signature by Hans Friedrich Elias. An enclosed envelope will be sent. You should accompany this with a cover letter to the authorities in question.
Camp Commandant
Translated by a Kitchener descendant
Kitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Reference letter, 14 January 1939
English Translation
Engineer Otto Altmann
Auto-material
Telephone number U-13-207
Vienna
14 January 1939
Reisner Street 16
Memo:
Subject:
I hereby confirm that Mr Eduard Elias was born in Vienna on June 2, 1905, that he has lived in Vienna and I have known him since his earliest youth. He is the son of the respected merchant, Max Elias, who died five years ago. After graduating from the Commercial Academy he worked for Alpine Machinery A.G. in Augsburg and then worked with much success in his father’s business. Mr. Eduard Elias enjoys the best reputation and one can have full confidence in him.
Engineer Otto Altmann
Translated by a Kitchener descendant
Eduard Elias, Dachau cover, Letter, 15 January 1939Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 15 January 1939_001Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 15 January 1939_002Eduard Elias, Dachau, Letter, 15 February 1939, translationKitchener camp, Eduard Elias, letter, 5 February 1939, Vienna Makkabi
Vienna Makkabi
Jewish Gymnastic and Sport Club
February 5, 1939
We confirm that Eduard Elias, born June 2, 1905, a member of our organization, is currently in protective custody. For that reason we strongly urge that he leave for a foreign country with haste.
With greetings of Zion
Makkabi Gymnastic and Sport Club
Translation to English by a Kitchener descendant
Kitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Letter to Dachau, 7 February 1939Eduard Elias, Dachau cover, Letter, 13 February 1939Eduard Elias, Dachau, Letter, 13 February 1939_001Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 13 February 1939_002Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 13 February 1939_003Eduard Elias, Dachau cover, Letter, 27 February 1939Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 27 February 1939_001Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 27 February 1939_002Eduard Elias, Dachau cover, Letter, 12 March 1939Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 12 March 1939_001Eduard Elias, Dachau letter, 12 March 1939_002Kitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Hut 36/I, Envelope from BudapestKitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Hut 36/I, Envelope from Cyprus, 23 November 1939
"The envelope above was sent from a cousin, Alfred Luftschitz, PO Box 61 Nicosia Cyprus, which was another transit camp for those who were part of the Palestine story"
Editor's note: From Wikipedia - "During World War II and the Holocaust, Cyprus played a major role for the Jewish communities of Europe. After the rise of Nazism in 1933, hundreds of Jews escaped to Cyprus. Following the liquidation of the concentration camps of Europe, the British set up a detention camp in Cyprus for Holocaust survivors illegally trying to enter Palestine. From 1946 until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the British confined 50,000 Jewish refugees on the island. Once the State of Israel was created, most of the refugees moved to Israel. About 2,000 babies were born on the island as they waited to enter Israel."
Kitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Hut 8/IIKitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Hut 36/I, Envelope from USA, 13 January 1940Kitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Hut 36/I, Envelope from USA, 6 February 1940Kitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Envelope from Budapest to Richborough campKitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Letter from Budapest to Richborough campKitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Bloomsbury House, Postcard, Luggage, 23 April 1940Kitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Postcard, Hut 8/II, 23 May 1940Eduard Elias, Mooragh Detention camp, Isle of Man, Envelope, 20 July 1940Eduard Elias, Envelope, Censor, Switzerland to Canada 1940, 20 July 1940, reverseKitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Envelope, 21 November 1940, Mooragh, Isle of Man, Canada, CensorEduard Elias, Envelope, 20 March 1941, Budapest, CanadaKitchener camp, Eduard Elias, Hans Elias, Jewish Refugees Committee, Letter, 9 April 1941, bicycles, compensationEduard Elias, number 136, Internment camp 1, Canada, Postcard, 18 May 1941, AddressEduard Elias, number 136, Internment camp 1, Canada, Postcard, 18 May 1941, American Joint Jewish Distribution Committee, Portuguese visaEduard Elias, Letter, 17 September 1941Canada camp, Eduard Elias, Letter 14 March 1942, ORT, Bloomsbury HouseEduard Elias, Letter, 28 March 1942, Ill aux Noix, Canada, Richborough, page 1Eduard Elias, Letter, 28 March 1942, Ill aux Noix, Canada, Richborough, page 2Eduard Elias, Letter 20 April 1942, ORT, Bloomsbury House, Camp 41, Ile aux Noix, Canada
On this page: all items and translations submitted by Eric Elias for his father Eduard Elias
