Evacuee Wolf Neimann

The previous blog post concerned an inscription written by Wolf Neimann in a 1942 copy of The Best of Punch. Wolf had been evacuated to Northampton during the Second World War. Chris Ransted has done the following research on his Jewish family. 

​The Neimann's left (forced to leave more likely) Germany in the late 1930s and came to live in London.

Germany, Index of Jews Whose German Nationality was Annulled by Nazi Regime, 1935-1944

Name: Wolfgang Max Israel Neimann
Birth Date: 15 Mär 1927 (15 March 1927)
Birth Place: Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Deutschland (Germany)
Last Residence: Tempelhof, Belin (Byhlen), Deutschland (Germany)

Annulment of Wolf Neimann's German nationality by the Nazis

Wolf's parents - Ernst and Charlotte - were living in Hampstead when listed on the 1939 England and Wales Register. Wolf Neimann isn't listed on this register so must have been living elsewhere. Note how the surname Neimann has been altered to Newman. Both parents were later naturalised in 1947 in London.

Wolf's parents living in Hampstead

Nearly all male German refugees from the late 1930s were initially interned for security reasons. Ernst Neimann was also interned but later given an exemption and released on 2 September 1940. 

Ernst Neimann internment card

Ernst Neimann Exemption from Internment card

The only Buttles living in Northampton in the 1939 Register lived at 65 Earl Street.

There is no trace the Neimann surname in any UK records after naturalisation. They appear to have adopted the Anglified surname Newman.

Wolfgang Max Newman emigrated to Australia (date unknown) and died in December 2009. His remains are interred at Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia .