D.A. Seftel

Family/Spouse: Sopher. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. (living) Seftel
2. (living) Seftel

James married U.R. Jacobi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was schooled at the Schiller Real Gymnasium in Stettin where he matriculated in 1913. He enrolled to study medicine at the University of Breslau but volunteered for military service in 1914 at the outbreak of WW1. He served on the eastern and western fronts obtaining the rank of Feldhilfsarzt. He was awarded the Iron Cross (2nd Class). While in the army he was sent to the University of Greifswald to further his medical studies. At the end of WW1 he returned to the University of Griefswald to complete his studies, qualifying in 1920. He then moved to Bad Hersfeld, where his fiance lived, and worked at the Landeskrankenhaus from 1920-4. From 1924-35 he was as a general practitioner in Bad Hersfeld. In December 1935 he moved with his wife to Amsterdam and in October 1936, together with their daughter, they emigrated to Johannesburg. He requalified as a doctor in January 1940. In January 1941 he volunteered for military service and was given the rank of Captain in the SA Defence force. After WW2 he worked as a government medical officer in the Department of Pensions. He died as a result of a brain tumour.

Curt married Else Randerath Else was born on 9 Apr 1898 in Bad Hersfeld; died on 16 Mar 1991 in Johannesburg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He became a businessman ("Kaufmann") in Stettin

Josef married Harriet Ritter on 5 Dec 1893 in Stettin. Harriet (daughter of Emanuel Ritter and Agnes Blumenreich) was born on 25 Sep 1870 in Beuthen; died in 1942 in Amsterdam. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1933 she moved to Bad Hersfeld where her son Curt lived, and in 1935 when Curt emigrated she moved to Beuthen. In 1939 she emigrated to Amsterdam with her other son Heinz. She died on 26 July 1942 at home in Amsterdam of natural causes, thereby avoiding arrest and deportation to concentration camps