Gerhard Nothmann
| Notes Translated from Ausschreibung zur Förderung zeitgeschichtlicher Forschung in Nürnberg und der Vermittlung ihrer Ergebnisse, page 2  Rudi Nothmann was arrested by the Nazis as early as 1934 and deported to Dachau for two months. In 1939 the sons and the mother were able to leave Germany and were taken in by a relative in Sweden. His father, who was badly wounded in World War I, had to stay behind in Nuremberg because he was not given an entry visa. The immigration permit obtained by the woman in Sweden came too late: on April 23, 1942, he was deported from Nuremberg to the Krasniczyn transit camp in eastern Poland and later killed. After the war, the family outraged the offer of financial compensation for the murder of Rudi Nothmann. Since Gerhard had met US pilots who were interned in Sweden in 1943, he had decided to emigrate to America as soon as possible. However, he was only able to realize this dream after a stopover in Australia from 1950 to 1953, where he had to start his career as a dishwasher for lack of a degree, with the help of a wealthy married couple in the USA. In the United States he worked his way up from company representative to independent entrepreneur in the construction industry by 1973. Never forgetting the people who helped him survive and rise, and the need to support those in need as he once was, Jerry brought his mother and brother to the United States and in 1981 with his second wife Corrine he founded a foundation for charitable and non-profit purposes. From 1994 to 2003, the couple used their own funds to enable a girl from Kyrgyzstan, whom they had met on a trip there in 1991, to attend school and university in America. After his final retirement from business life in 1999, Jerry Nothman went in search of the last traces of his father and in 2006 he visited the memorial in the former Belzec extermination camp. In 2007, he published his autobiography, indicative of his attitude, Lucky Me: He modestly attributed his success to luck over talent and achievement. In doing so, he consistently followed the principle that the fortunate must share such gifts with the less fortunate, not only out of altruism, but in order to be able to enjoy them to the fullest. Despite his irrefutable values - compassion, loyalty, honor, integrity, tolerance, fairness and patriotism - he was never dogged and consistently followed his life motto Hang on or let go. Jerry Nothman and his wife died in an accident on December 15, 2012 in Nevada. Sources (click here for generic source information) Sonja Delander: Nothmann Chronicle, 1974, page 10; rijo.homepage.t-online.de - Ausschreibung zur Förderung zeitgeschichtlicher Forschung in Nürnberg und der Vermittlung ihrer Ergebnisse: biography and photo; See also obits.oregonlive.com - death notice. With thanks to EL for his help with researching this person. |
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