(Q119141919)
Statements
21 February 1881Gregorian
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Although the owners of the bank L. Behrens & Söhne had been Protestant for several generations, according to the Nuremberg laws George E. Behrens and his sister Elisabeth Emma were considered “full Jews” (Volljuden) and their mother a “half-breed in the first degree” (Mischling 1. Grades). Following the pogrom in November 1938, Behrens was initially held in Hamburg’s police prison before being deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp (until March 1939). He had already given up his duties at the bank L. Behrens & Söhne effective 31 May 1938; the bank was liquidated effective 31 December 1938. After paying the “taxes” levied on Jewish assets (Judenvermögensabgabe) and on persons leaving Germany (Reichsfluchtsteuer), Behrens emigrated via Belgium and France to Cuba in April 1939. (English)