Koltai, Frida Sara
File Number: 40317/27-10Name: Koltai, Frida Sara
Sex: F
Place of birth: Austria
DOB/age upon arrival: 1895
Date of arrival: 09/27/1940
Name of ship: SS President Coolidge
Days in Detention: 3-1/2 months
Notes: Frida was detained because her ticket was purchased by a the Quaker Society and the Jewish Committee (Copenhagen). At this time, it was seen as a violation of the 1917 immigration act which states that persons are not allowed admittance if their passage or tickets were paid by corporations, associations, societies, municipalities or foreign governments. But a member of the board disagreed witht the act becuase of the changing times with the war and that a lot of people are trying to save their countrymen. The council also noted a discrepency with her statement and her friend, Mrs. Kauffman's statement. She was later released after a friend's husband Mr. Frank Duveneck and the Society of Friends signed a $500 bond.