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Zentler Olga
Parents: Arthur Wittekind and Therese née Reinstein
Siblings: Armand
Spouse: Alfred Zentler
Theresienstraße 23 (now Ludwigstraße 5
emigrated to England
biography
Olga Zentler, née Wittekind was born in Bad Kissingen on May 30, 1895 as the second child of the dealer of antiquities Arthur Wittekind and his wife Therese, née Rheinstein. She lived in Theresienstrasse 23 with her parents and her brother who was five years her senior. Olga’s father had been given citizens’ rights in November 1896 by Bad Kissingen Magistrate He held the title of "imperial-royal court supplier, which expressed the reputation of his business.. Her mother already died in 1907.
In 1916 Olga already temporarily left the Franconian spa town, and in September 1919, after marrying Fritz Hafaias Danziger, born in Berlin, she moved to the "Reichshauptstadt", where her older brother Armand also lived. He had married the younger sister of his brother-in-law Charlotte Danziger - also in 1919. In 1920 Olga and Fritz's daughter Lilian Theresa was born. Olga's father died in Bad Kissingen in May 1924. The marriage with Fritz Danziger was not long-lasting and already in 1934 Olga married her second husband Alfred Stefan Zentler, who was born in Berlin in 1884 and was a fashion designer for men's clothing by trade.
Like her brother Armand, Olga succeeded in escaping from Nazi Germany. In 1939, she and her husband Alfred Zentler lived in the community of Dorking about 40 km south of London. Lilian Theresa - Olga's daughter from her first marriage - was also able to emigrate to London. Her first husband Fritz Danziger, on the other hand, did not manage to escape the Shoa; he was deported and murdered in Auschwitz in 1942.
Olga's daughter Lilian married Lars Corduner, born in Finland, in 1948, with whom she had two children. In 1950 their first son Allan Corduner was born in Stockholm. He is now a famous British actor and jazz pianist who has appeared in numerous films, TV series and theater performances (more about his career on wikipedia).
Olga Zentler died in 1959 in the London borough of Marylebone at the age of 64; her husband had already died in 1950.
References
Meldeunterlagen der Stadt Bad Kissingen
Eintrag Datenbank Familysearch
Datenbank Findmypast, England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Datenbank Findmypast, 1939 Register
Datenbank Myheritage, Stammbaum, erstellt von Gabriel Golan-Golop
Datenbank Myheritage, MyHeritage Stammbäumeartzi Web Site, verwaltet von bilha artzi
Photo credits
© Allan Corduner (Enkel von Olga Zentler)
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