Willi Reissner – born in Seelow, Germany, 5 December 1919
Occupation in country of origin: skins business
Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Germany, 14 April 1939
Will Reissner, Victoria Seelow Football Team. Willi is the tall one in the middle of the second row of boys. Willi’s brother, Joachim, is second from right in the second row of boys. A cousin, Heinz Philippsborn, referred to in family letters, is also in the photo, second row, third from left.Kitchener camp, Reissner family, Left to right: Willi, sister Ruth (who was murdered in Riga), father, Louis, mother, Martha and brother, Joachim, at Joachim’s Barmitzvah, 1936Kitchener camp, Willi Reissner (left), 1939 ‘Some Victims of the Nazi Terror’ magazine Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi ReissnerKitchener camp, army photograph, 1939/40 Will Reissner is standing on the far left, back row Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi ReissnerWilli Reissner, army photograph, reverse, names
[Editor’s note: These names are not easy to decipher, but comparing them to the 1939 Register, we think they include the following: Frederich Strassman, Moses (Max) Mordko Scherzer, Erwin Kohn, Andy Rosenmeyer, Harold Rossney, Harrison (?), A. F. Howards (?), Peter Ganz, E. Garchner (?), (?) Black, Ronald (?), (?) Wolfe, Herbert (?), and a man from 246 Coy (?). Please get in touch if you can help with – or recognise – any of these names.]
If you can identify any more of the names on the back (above) with the men in the photograph below, please do get in touch. And if you know any of the names we can’t decipher, it would also be good to hear from you.
Willi Reissner and colleagues in the Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps, Peter Ganz, Arthur Morgenthau, Arthur Isdale, Ralph Kleiman, Helmuth Rosettenstein, Moses Mordko ScherzerWilli Reissner, in Pioneer Corps uniform Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi ReissnerWilli Reissner, in Pioneer Corps uniform, reverse of photograph, 26 October 1941 Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi ReissnerPioneer Corps, Willi Reissner is on the far left Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi ReissnerWilli Reissner, Pioneer Corps, second from the left, in the top row Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi ReissnerWilli Reissner, Pioneer Corps uniform Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi ReissnerKitchener camp, Willi Reissner, on the left, Pioneer Corps, HQ II Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi ReissnerWilli Reissner, Pioneer Corps, third from the right, in the top row Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi ReissnerWill Reissner on the left, British Army, Hesedorf bei Bremervörde, 15 August 1945Hesedorf bei Bremervörde, reverse, 15 August 1945, Jacky KirkwoodWilli Reissner, Pioneer Corps, 1945 Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi ReissnerWilli Reissner, Pioneer Corps, 1945, reverse Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi ReissnerWilli Reissner, back row, fourth from the right, British ArmyPioneer Corps, Willi Reissner, awarded the War Medal, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal and the 1939-1945 Star Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi ReissnerPioneer Corps, Willi Reissner, awarded the War Medal, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal and the 1939-1945 Star Submitted by Vivien Harris for her father, Willi Reissner
