Siegfried Apt
| Notes  Tandem for sale - one of Siegfried's earliest appearance in the press Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 72, No. 117, 21 May 1899, page 8 Aged 29 when he married in 1900. I assume the tandem, offered for sale the previous May, was not to Rosa's liking.  Advertising his office address Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 74, No. 235, 9 October 1901, page 4  Advertising his office address Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 74, No. 255, 1 November 1901, page 6  Silesian Fire Insurance Company in Breslau After we have, in addition to the main agency for the city of Gleiwitz and the surrounding area, which has been deservingly managed by the company S. Troplowitz & Sohn for a long series of years, set up a second agency in Gleiwitz and transferred it to Mr. Siegfried Apt, we will continue to work in Gleiwitz represented by the companies S. Troplowitz & Sohn and Mr. Siegfried Apt.Our relationship with Messrs. S. Troplowitz & Sohn will not change in any way through the establishment of the second agency, but will remain the same as ever. Notice in Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 75, No. 239, 14 October 1902, page 6  Terminating his representation of the Silesian Fire Insurance Company Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 76, No. 19, 23 January 1904, page 4  Gladbach Fire Insurance Company We hereby announce that we have transferred to the businessman Mr. Siegfried Apt in Gliwice the main agency of our company that Mr. O. Krieg has represented since then.Breslau, 22 January 1904 The General Agent Dr. Wehlau With regard to the above advertisement, I consider myself highly recommended for arranging fire, explosion and glass insurance and would be happy to provide any information.Siegfried Apt Notice in Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 76, No. 21, 26 January 1904, page 4 A Siegfried Apt, agent, is recorded in the 1905 Gleiwitz address book (page 98), but not in the 1907 or subsequent editions. In 1911, when he witnessed his brother Richard's marriage, his residence was given as Breslau. An anniversary is mentioned in www.calzareth.com's survey of aufbau which places Siegfried and Rosa in Breslau. A reward notice appeared in 1918 giving his address as Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse 76; Siegfried and Rosa were recorded at the same addressin the Breslau synagogue community address list (ca 1930), and a letter from Siegfried dated 17.03.1932 relates to his brother Richard and gives that as his address.  500 Mark Reward! For the replacement of the approximately 9,000 pairs of black and brown cowhide shoe laces, 1000 black leather straps, as well as three new wicker bottles, each with 30 litres of brandy stolen from my storage cellar, Gartenstrasse 18, on the night of the 19, I promise the above reward.Siegfried Apt Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse 76 (Tel. 3840)Schlesische Zeitung, Nr. 540, 22 October 1918, page 5 (the newspaper's report of the theft on the same page says that he is offering a 600 Mark reward) The 1935 Breslau address book lists them at Auguststrasse 53, while the 1939 census lists them at Franz-Seldte-Platz 6 II. Siegfried wrote Yad Vashem testimonials about his brothers from Israel in 1956. SS in Berlin emailed me: Your Siegfried Apt was married to my maternal grandfather's second cousin Rosa Cohn. Her niece Edith Emilie W[eissenberg] née Cohn wrote this in 1988: "Theirs is quite a story: - Siegfried was the black sheep of the family, stowed away on a boat to America at the age of 16, became an American citizen and eventually returned to Germany. When the Deportations began, he remembered his lapsed American citizenship, went to the American authorities, who, in order to save him and his wife, recognised him as an American. Both survived the war in a camp for foreigners in Bavaria. After the war they were transferred to a D.P. camp in North Africa from where they went to Israel to live with Rosa's youngest brother Heinrich and his second wife. Both died there, Siegfried in his ninetieth year. PS: Rosa's "Judenpass" with the red J and Rosa Sarah Apt is exhibited in the Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem."  US Naturalization, 1893  US Passport Application, 1893  US Passport Application, 1895 Sources (click here for generic source information) Kaethe Danziger (geb. Halberstaedter)’s "Bertha Gassmann" notes JRI-Poland: Sigfried's marriage record names his parents; sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 72, No. 117, 21 May 1899; sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 74, No. 235, 9 October 1901; sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 74, No. 255, 1 November 1901; sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 75, No. 239, 14 October 1902; sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 76, No. 19, 23 January 1904; sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 76, No. 21, 26 January 1904; sbc.org.pl - Schlesische Zeitung, Nr. 540, 22 October 1918, page 5 Mara Thorson - dob; cbj.jhi.pl - address in ca 1930 and dates of birth; 1905 address book for Gleiwitz; 1935 address book for Breslau; mappingthelives.org, mappingthelives.org - 1939 census; cbj.jhi.pl - 1932 letter. | ||||||||||||||
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