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1917 - 2002

Walter Israel

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Name in US
Walter Meyer Israel
Name at Birth
Walter Meyer Israel (Meyer Israel ben Yitzhak)
Date of Birth
June 15, 1917
Country of Birth
Germany
City of Birth
Hannover
Sibling(s) Name(s)

Margaretha Dorathea (Margie) Israel (Rudolph Carl Strauss)
January 29, 1915, Wuppertal-Barmen, Germany – November 9, 1996, Los Angeles

Herbert Alfred Israel
April 20, 1919, Hannover, Germany – 1943, Poland (Holocaust death)

Spouse(s) Name(s)

Jantje (Jeane) Middendorp
(September 30, 1916, Wolvega, Netherlands – December 13, 2008, Anniston)
Married July 5, 1951 in New Orleans

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Reform Judaism
Hiding or Living under False Identity (Location/Year)
Yes
Other Experiences

USC Shoah Foundation Interview #30203
Used false name during war: Wim Immen

Year / City / Ship to US
January 19, 1949 / Houston, Texas / SS Alblasserdijk
Date Moved to Alabama
1951
Alabama City of Residence
Anniston
Date of Death
August 13, 2002
City of Death
Anniston
City of Burial / Cemetery
Anniston / Temple Beth-El Congregational Cemetery
Dates Lived in Alabama
1951-2002

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