The below is the translation of a letter from the German government in 1939 asking Henri and his sister Sonia to leave Germany.

 

The Chief of Police in Wuppertal Foreigners’ Office/3030/1326   

Wuppertal, 24 May 1939   

Residence Residency ban   

  

On the basis of paragraphs 1 and 5 (1) letter of the Aliens Police Ordinance from the 22.08.1938 (Reich Law Gazette page 1053), will them you and your children    

Heinrich, 4.11.29 Elberfeld and Sonja 7.8.31 Elberfeld    

are permanently prohibited from residing in the territory of the Reich. The residence ban is justified because your presence is likely to endanger important interests The reason for the residency ban is that your presence is likely to threaten important matters of the Reich and the national community.  

I therefore request you to leave the above-mentioned area district named above at the latest by 30.6.39 after this order has become incontestable. Should you fail to comply with this request, your forced deportation by means of transport across the Reich border will be ordered.   

You have a right of appeal against this order within two weeks from the date of notification, which must be submitted to me in writing. You are permitted to appeal against this order. Appeals must be made within two weeks of the date of this communication and be submitted to me in writing   

The appeal has no suspensive effect. An appeal against the order cannot result in a delay.   

I draw your attention to the fact that you may not enter the territory of the Reich without my permission, not even temporarily. A foreigner who violates a residence ban shall be punished by imprisonment for up to one year and by a fine or by either of these penalties.   

 

To the Polish citizen   

Mrs. Chana Korn, born Kup[f]erwasser   

Born on 23.6.08 in Zeolow   

Resident of Wuppertal