Category:SS Serpa Pinto Sep41 (subject)

SS Serpa Pinto (Sep 1941) (see Holocaust Children Studies)

Holocaust Refugee Children, United States -- SS Mouzinho (June 1941) -- SS Mouzinho (August 1941)

[Lists of passengers] -- List of passengers (September 1941)

PM (New York, Thursday, September 25, 1941)

Hitler's Terror Behind Them, A New Horizon Lies Ahead: The Portuguese liner Serpa Pinto brought in 51 refugee children yesterday from Unoccupied France by way of Lisbon. Some were unsmiling, stamped with memories of hunger and privation in Nazi concentration camps. Others scampered about the deck, in worn faded clothes and shoddy sandals, like children on holiday. Each was tagged and numbered. Erich Thorn, a 12-year-old hah had the longest journey. He started two years ago from Vienna. His mother died in a truck. His father tried to commit suicide. In France he got diphtheria. Finally the U.S. Committee for Care for European Children found him and took him in. Like many of the children, all transported at the Committee's expense, his passport is marked Heimatlos-Stateless. The Committee will place each one in American homes. The Serpa Pinto was a clean ship. (Foto by Leo Lieb, PM Stadd)

Clipping from the newspaper PM Daily showing the arrival of Jewish refugee children in New York, through the assistance of HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), to illustrate an article by William Walton: "Europe Sees HitlerSlipping"

... More eloquent spokesmen were 51 refugee children aboard the Serpa Pinto. All younger than 15, they already are fugitives from Hitlerism. None spoke English. But their faces, some dulled by the terror of Fascist concentration camps, others bright with the excitement of new horizons, were the best commentary on what Fascism has done to Europe. The U.S. Committee for the Care of European Children had brought them to safety in America. Behind they left parents who are Hitler's prisoners.

For the others there were sudden shouts of joy, cheers and waving when a mother, a brother, a dear friend was sighted at the Serpa Pinto's rail as she was warped into her berth.

For the children, it was not a happy reunion with old friends, but new life starting in a strange, far land.

The 56 Children

1. Alfred Berg (M / Germany, 1930) (10y) -- 3. Otto Berg (M / Germany, 1934) (7y) -- Brothers from Chateau de Chaumont

2. Kurt Berg (M / Germany, 1934) (7y) From Chateau de Masgelier b.Ludwigshafen,

4. Manfred Cige (1930) (11y) 1929? Chateau de Masgelier -- 5. Sigmund Cige (M / Germany, 1930), Holocaust survivor Nov 11, 1930 Berlin (10y) Chateau de Masgelier

6. Friedel Feuer (1930) (11y) -- 7. Sabina Feuer (1928) (13y) -- 8. Semi Feuer (1936) (5y) Chateau de Chabannes

9. Joseph Findling (M / Germany, 1928-2019), Holocaust survivor (13y) -- 10. Martin Findling (M / Germany, 1932), Holocaust survivor (9y) -- 11. Siegfried Findling (M / Germany, 1930), Holocaust survivor (10y)

12. Erika Glaser Vienna, 27 Dec 1930 (10y) Chateau de Masgelier

13. Werner Goldschmidt (M / Germany, 1928) (12y) Chateau de Masgelier

14. Eduard Goldschmidt Edouard (3 Dec 1931) (9y) Chateau de Chaumont

15. Claus Gossels / Peter Gossels (M / Germany, 1930), Holocaust survivor (11y) -- Chateau de Chabannes
16. Werner Gossels (M / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor -- Chateau de Chabannes

17. Wulf Grajonca / Bill Graham (M / Germany, 1931-1991), Holocaust survivor Wolfgang (10y) -- Chateau de Chaumont

18. Heinz Grunberg (12y)-- Chateau de Masgelier
19. Margit Grunberg (12y) -- Chateau de Masgelier

20. Alice Grunewald (9y) -- Chateau de Masgelier
21. Inge Grunewald (12y) -- Chateau de Masgelier
22. Lilly Grunewald (12y) -- Chateau de Masgelier

23. Dieter Hanauer (16 Apr 1932) (9y) -- Chateau de Masgelier Polish
24. Hans Hanauer (9 Aug 1930) (11y) -- Aspet

25. Joseph Hilsenrath (1930) (11y)
26. Susi Hilsenrath married Warsingen (27 May 1929) (12y) Bad Kreuznach, Germany -- They were reunited in the USA with their parents and their younger brother Ernest who had also left Germany.