TIMELINE

10-30-1874 BIRTH OF KURT WAGNER’S MATERNAL GRANDFATHER, ISACK LOEB ETTLINGER

6-21-1878 BIRTH OF KURT’S MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, SOPHIE (WEIL) ETTLINGER

9-26-01 ISACK AND SOPHIE MARRY, KURT MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS

5-6-1902 BIRTH OF KURT’S UNCLE, JULIUS ETTLINGER

1-14-1906 BIRTH OF KURT'S MOTHER, ILSE JENNY (ETTLINGER) WALKER

5-19-1907 BIRTH OF KURT’S FATHER, ALFRED JULIUS WALKER

6-29-1920 KURT’S ADOPTIVE PARENTS, BELLE & I. J. WAGNER MARRY

3-3-28 HITLER SPEAKS IN KARLSRUHE, GERMANY

3-14-1930 MARRIAGE OF KURT’S PARENTS, ILSE AND JULIUS

3-28-1930 KURT’S BROTHER, HEINZ IS BORN IN KARLSRUHE, GERMANY

5-17-1931 KURT IS BORN IN KARLSRUHE AND IS SEPARATED FROM HIS BROTHER HEINZ

1-30-33 HITLER BECOMES CHANCELLOR AT THE AGE OF 43

1934 KURT’S PARENTS DIVORCE IN KARLSRUHE

3-12-36 HITLER SPEAKS IN KARLSRUHE

11-9/10-1938 KRISTALNACHT-ALL SYNAGOGUES IN GERMANY ARE DESTROYED

9-1-39 GERMANY INVADES POLAND-WW II STARTS

11-8-39 ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON HITLER FAILS

10-22-1940 KURT AND HIS MATERNAL FAMILY ARE DEPORTED TO CAMP GURS, FRANCE

10-25-1940 KURT AND HIS MATERNAL FAMILY ALONG WITH APPROXIMATELY 6,500 OTHER JEWS ARRIVE IN CAMP DE GURS, FRANCE

2-26-1941 KURT WAGNER AND -47- OTHER CHILDREN LEAVE CAMP DE GURS AND ARRIVE IN MAISON DES PUPILES IN ASPET, FRANCE

12-7-41 JAPANESE BOMB PEARL HARBOR

1-9-1942 DEATH OF KURT’S GRANDMOTHER, SOPHIE ETTLINGER IN CAMP DE GURS

6-9-1942 KURT LEAVES FOR MARSEILLE

6-25-1942 KURT LEAVES MARSEILLE FOR AMERICA VIA NORTH AFRICA AND THE BERMUDA

7-30-42 KURT ARRIVES IN BALTIMORE ON THE NYASSA AND IS TAKEN TO PLEASANTVILLE, NEW YORK

8-8-42 KURT LEAVES FOR CHICAGO

8-8-1942 ILSE, ISACK & UNCLE JULIUS LEAVE CAMP DE GURS FOR DRANCY, FRANCE

8-10-1942 KURT IS PLACED WITH FOSTER FAMILY, THE KASTELS IN CHICAGO

8-12-1942 ISACK, ILSE AND UNCLE JULIUS ARE TRANSPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ FROM DRANCY

8-22-1942 ISACK, ILSE AND UNCLE JULIUS ARE MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ

9-26-42 KURT IS ADVISED THAT HIS MOTHER AND GRANDFATHER HAVE BEEN MOVED FROM CAMP DE GURS

8-18-1943 KURT’S FATHER, JULIUS WALKER DIES

10-1-43 KURT MOVES IN WITH SECOND FOSTER FAMILY, I.J. AND BELLE WAGNER

5-19-44 KURT HAS HIS BAR MITZVAH AND USES THE WAGNER’S LAST NAME

6-2-44 THE JEWISH CHILDREN’S BUREAU, KURT’S LEGAL GUARDIAN CONTACT THE WAGNERS. THEY ARE TOLD TO DISMISS ANY CHANCES OF ADOPTING KURT BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF KURT’S MOTHER IN EUROPE

9-26/27-44 “CHRISTMAS TREE” BOMBS ARE DROPPED ON THE CENTER OF KARLSRUHE

4-30-45 HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE

7-30-46 LETTER SENT FROM HEINZ TO KURT IS WITHELD

9-18-47 KURT IS ADOPTED

12-3-50 I.J.WAGNER DIES IN HOLLWOOD, CALIFORNIA WHILE WORKING ON THE LIFE OF RILEY SHOW. HE IS EULOGIZED BY STUDS TERKEL

11-20-55 KURT MARRIES MARILYN FISHMAN