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