Karl Goeritz

Born01/02/1900
Died18/11/1939
North Sea
FatherSiegmund Goeritz (17/05/1856 – ) 
MotherSelma Ruhmann (15/12/1866 – 20/09/1929) 
Partner Irmgard Anna (Irmi) Frank (ca 1900 – )

Source

Dr Fritz Kassel quoted in Georg Wiener Collection pages 391-392

Children:

Frank Stefan Goeritz (02/07/1932 – 18/11/1939)

Irene Beatriz Goeritz (02/03/1938 – 18/11/1939)

Notes

Moved from Chemnitz to Aerdenhout, The Netherlands November 1937.

Died aboard ss Simon Bolivar when it struck a mine off the English coast en route from The Netherlands to Chile. His wife, who survived the shipwreck, filed testimonies at Yad Vashem for her drowned husband and children as victims of the Holocaust.

Sources (click here for generic source information)

Dr Fritz Kassel quoted in archive.org - Georg Wiener Collection, pages 391-392;
digital.cjh.org - Hugo Fuchs collection;
Yad Vashem name search - Goeritz, Karl.

This record was last updated on 08/02/2012 at 21:42