Änne Berger née Oppenheimer

Family

Emigration

Location Trail

1. Stuttgart Born · 09.05.1919
2. Flensburg, then Hamburg Prepares emigration · 1937
3. Hamburg German passport issued · 16.12.1938
4. Palestine Emigrates to Palestine · 12.1939
5. Haifa Arrived in Palestine · 09.01.1940
6. Hannover, Germany Letter · 1941
7. Harbour Str. 61 (III/IV), Haifa Resided (c.1942-1946) · 1942
8. Haifa Married Chaim Hermann Leopold Berger · 15.08.1942
9. Tel Aviv Letter · 1946
10. Jerusalem Migration office proposes article 12(6) application · 12.04.1946
11. Haifa Letter · 15.07.1946
12. Israel Letter · 1963
13. Haifa Died · 12.10.2014

Timeline

• 1919 Born in Stuttgart
• 1935 Forced to leave Königin-Katharina-Stift
• 1937 Prepares emigration
• 16.12.1938 German passport issued
• 12.1939 Emigrates to Palestine
• 09.01.1940 Arrived in Palestine
• 15.08.1942 Married Chaim Hermann Leopold Berger
• 13.12.1945 Portrait photographs certified
• 15.12.1945 Signed marriage declaration
• 16.12.1945 Applied for Palestinian naturalization
• 12.04.1946 Migration office proposes article 12(6) application

Correspondence

Typed letter (page 2), continuation from fragment in 0004 1941 Application for Palestinian Citizenship — cover page 1945 Margit Bernstein Memoir (1963) 1963

Notes

Older sister of Margit

Forced to leave Königin-Katharina-Stift (school) after father's arrest

Worked on estate in Flensburg, then Jewish home in Hamburg

Emigrated to Denmark, then December 1939 to Palestine

Married, 2 daughters

Full name: Änne Oppenheimer, later Anne Berger

Husband: Chaim Herman Leopold Berger (per Geni.com)

Daughters: Daniela Ram, Irit Gal (per Geni.com)

Memoir: Sister was in Accra (Ghana) when father's restitution case came up (c. 1960).

Memoir: When Margit arrived in Haifa (March 1946), found her sister already in Israel. Sister's husband had unfortunately died. Stayed 3 months with her.

Immigration confirmed: arrived Haifa on 9 January 1940 (immigrant registration NA/646 B/I)

German passport issued Hamburg, 16 December 1938 — used for emigration

Married Chaim Hermann Leopold Berger on 15 August 1942 in Haifa

Palestinian citizenship file: Headquarters Serial 92013, Application NJ/68800, Archive file 3220/075-מ

1945 address: Haifa, Harbour Str. 61 (III/IV)

1945 occupation: none listed (nil)

Applied for Palestinian naturalization on 16 December 1945 — originally under Article 12(2) then redirected to Article 12(6) for inclusion on husband's certificate

Naturalization complication: Husband Chaim Berger was naturalized 8 September 1942, just 3 weeks AFTER their marriage (15.8.42). The naturalization certificate did not include her name because the husband had not disclosed he was already married when he collected it. The migration office proposed application under article 12(6) on 12 April 1946 for inclusion of wife's name on husband's certificate.

References for naturalization (1945): Horn Dov (Haifa, Harbour Str. 57), Sarni Luba (Haifa, Herzl Str. 40)

Signed declaration 15 December 1945 confirming she had never been married before her marriage to Hermann Berger

Three portrait photographs (1945) certified by Pharmacy Immigration Office, Haifa on 13 December 1945