Emanuel Suessmann – born in Leipzig, Germany, on 17 July 1910
Profession in country of origin: Grocery storekeeper and gardener
Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Germany on 23 May 1939
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Below – source: USHMM
Reproduced here with the kind permission of Michael Suessmann, for his father, Emanuel Suessmann
In the photograph below, Emanuel Suessmann is wearing a German Army uniform. Emanuel was a ‘Ritchie Boy‘ – in the US Military Intelligence Division during the war. See here for further information.
Source: USHMM Emanuel and Louise Suessmann papers Container List ⁃ Series 1: Emanuel and Louise Suessmann papers, 1909-approximately 1990 (bulk 1930-1945)
Photographs, approximately 1935, 1945, approximately 1990 Item 1999.A.0040_001_004_0007 Location Box 1 / Folder 4 Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use Reproduced here with the kind permission of Michael Suessmann, for his father Emanuel Suessmann
Emanuel and Louise Suessmann papers
Container List
⁃ Series 1: Emanuel and Louise Suessmann papers, 1909-approximately 1990 (bulk 1930-1945)
⁃ Photographs, approximately 1935, 1945, approximately 1990
Item
1999.A.0040_001_004_0009
Location
Box 1 / Folder 4
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
Materials reproduced here with the kind permission of Michael Suessmann, for his father, Emanuel Suessmann