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Stoeckel, Leo

File Number: 40253/06-9
Name: Stoeckel, Leo
Sex: M
Place of birth: Poland
Date of birth: 58 yrs
Date of arrival: 8/28/1940
Name of ship: Rakuyo Maru
Days in Detention: 6 days
Notes: German citizen; Clothing merchant in Vienna, Germany; Accom by wife (Theresia Sara); Has $28 and paid own passage; Destined to son (Bertold) in NY for permanent residence; German passport and Polish quota immig visa; Sent $5,000 to Paris that son picked up; Jewish Aid Association helped telegraph son; Admitted 09/03/1940 under 1924 Act.