 1909 - 2001 (92 years)
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| Name |
Alfred Unger |
| Born |
28 Jan 1909 |
Zielenzig, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Biography |
I left Chemnitz on April 1, 1933, boycott day, to Frankfurt and from there I went to Strasbourg arriving on April 3rd. I spent Pesach in Strasbourg plus an additional month. I stayed at Norbert and on Pesach I ate at Uncle Maurice.
Afterwards I went to Vienna, visiting relatives and then to Vacs in early 1934. My money ran out and so I gave lessons in English, German and French to earn money. Every half year I went to visit my parents in Brun.
I was registered at the University in Budapest. In 1937, moved to Vienna hoping to do a PHD. I met a brother of one of my students who had an import-export business. He convinced me to work with him as a bookkeeper and trader in their lumber business.
In 1938, Hitler invaded Austria, the boss was imprisoned and I was sleeping at Uncle Aaron who was a rabbi. At the same time, my brother was studying in Vienna. After being interrogated by the police I left Vienna for Brun, Czech Republic to visit my parents. On Yom Kippur 1938, the police came and told me that I have to leave Czech Republic as the Germans were closing in on Czech Republic.
We tried all the embassies for visas to no avail. A transport of illegal immigrants to Palestine was leaving in October 1938. We left from Pressburg by boat to Romania were we transferred to a tramp. I was in charge of the religious passengers, even made a cholent. It took us 6 weeks.
We arrived in Netanya on the 8th day of Hanuka. All went to Tel Aviv except 20 of us who went to Kfar Saba. I worked in the fields, till Pesach 1939. Erev Pesach I went to Jerusalem to my aunt (my father's sister). I met a girl in Kfar Saba who was a cook in a restaurant in Jerusalem. She suggested that I become a waiter and then I became manager.
In January 1941, I enlisted in the British Army. I volunteered as a commando but they put into administrative work. We went to Egypt and I became a clerk in the British Headquarters. Then we went up to Tobruk and were bombed day and night. After I was stationed at Army Headquarters in Cairo for a half a year.
My aunt was married to Esther's grandfather. We became engaged and married on Erev Pesach, on April 7th 1944. I was discharged as a warrant officer in April 1946. I worked at the Allenby barracks on Derech Hebron until 1947. I then joined the Palmach and was in the IDF until May 1949. After the IDF, I started working for the Jewish Agency and became the head cashier.
Also see correspondence of Maurice Klein wiith Alfred Unger during WW2. [1] |
| Hebrew Birth |
6 Shv 5669 |
| Residence |
1909-1918 |
Zielenzig, Germany |
| Residence |
1918-1933 |
Chemnitz, Germany |
| Immigration |
1938 |
Israel |
| Residence |
1934-1938 |
Vienna, Austria |
| Residence |
1938-2001 |
Jerusalem, Israel |
| Hebrew Death |
4 Kis 5762 |
| Occupation |
Head Cashier, Jewish Agency |
| Died |
19 Nov 2001 |
Jerusalem, Israel |
| Person ID |
I4470 |
Blank Family |
| Last Modified |
27 Jul 2009 |
| Father |
Rabbi Siegmund Unger, b. 22 Aug 1883, Frauenkirschen, Austria , d. 2 Nov 1944, Auschwitz CC (Age 61 years) |
| Mother |
Leah Klein, b. 24 Sep 1886, Trnava, Slovakia , d. 2 Nov 1944, Auschwitz CC (Age 58 years) |
| Married |
1907 |
Trnava, Slovakia |
| Family ID |
F1565 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Esther Beigel, b. 23 Dec 1922, Frankfurt, Germany , d. 16 Mar 2021, Jerusalem, Israel (Age 98 years) |
| Married |
7 Apr 1944 |
Jerusalem, Israel |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
18 May 2006 |
| Family ID |
F1594 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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