Ernst Schwerin (1919-2010) Swiss identity papers (Q105030992)
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object in the Jewish Museum Berlin
- Swiss identity card for foreigners owned by Ernst Schwerin (1919-2010)
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| English | Ernst Schwerin (1919-2010) Swiss identity papers |
object in the Jewish Museum Berlin |
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Form, filled in by hand, passport photo, with visas, in German, Italian and French, visas also in English. In November 1943 Ernst Schwerin crossed the Swiss border illegally with Gert Ehrlich. There the friends initially lived in a labor camp for internees in Möhlin. From December 1944 Ernst Schwerin was allowed to start studying structural engineering at the trade school in Basel. After graduating, he worked as an architect in the A. Albrecht engineering office in Basel. Shortly after the war, Ernst Schwerin came into contact with his former friend from Berlin, Ursula Tarnowski, who had emigrated to the USA with her parents in 1941. With the help of her family, he was able to enter New York in 1947. A short time later he married his childhood sweetheart. (English)
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