Fred Freuthal papers

Fred Freuthal was born in 1932 to Paul (b. Hamburg, 1901-1996) and Grete (née Weiss, b. Vienna, 1908-1998). Paul and Grete married on December 30, 1928. Fred, an only child, was born in Berlin, where the family lived for a year before moving to Konigsburg, then Vienna. In the spring of 1939, Fred was chosen to go to the United States under the supervision of two Americans, Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, as part of a group later known as the "50 children." Paul and Grete were able to immigrate to the United States a few months later aboard the Statendam, which left port on September 3, 1939. They were sponsored by Carrie and Joe Ehrenwald of Brooklyn, NY, and a friend of Paul's, Leonard Kaupf. They lived briefly in New York before moving to Pittsburgh. Paul sold aluminum pots, while Grete worked as a seamstress. After several years, they opened a restaurant and deli. Fred became a microbiologist and hematologist. Both Paul and Grete's mothers--Hilda Freuthal and Malvina Weiss--did not survive, despite Paul’s and Grete’s attempted to assist with Malvina's emigration. Paul also lost a sister and brother-in-law, Trudi and Rudi Kamm, who were murdered in Sobibor.