Wichert, Paul Isreal
File Number: 40085/12-2-3 & 4Name: Wichert, Paul Isreal
Sex: M
Place of birth: Germany
DOB/Age upon arrival: 2 yrs old
Date of arrival: 06/16/1940
Name of ship: Asama Maru
Days in Detention:
Notes: Curt was an insurance consultant in Germany but during the rise of Hitler, he was put into a concentration camp and was released on the condition of exile from Germany. Having left Frankfurt, he worked as a wholesale salesman and later for a salt factory during an 11 month stay in Shanghai. He paid for the passage of the family from Shanghai to the US after receiving $100 of support from Dr. Hans Strauss, Sara's cousin. During interrogation Sara was able to provide two affidavits of support from Dr. Strauss and her rich cousin-in-law Edith R. Weinburg from Baltimore. On July 8th, the family received $500 bond from Dr. Stauss as well as another $500 bond from Edith via the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigration Aid Society of America to show that they will not become a public charge. With the bond, the family was admitted but Paul was sick so the family planned to travel to New York after he recovered.