Certificate of Registration

The first and second pages of a passport with green and white pages, featuring a black-and-white photo of a young man named Bert Knoll, black print, and handwriting in black and red ink.

Certificate of Registration issued to Bert Knoll in England.

Pages 4 and 5 of a passport with red stamps, black ink handwriting, and stamped date “October 5, 1939.” One of the stamps reads, “Refugee from Nazi oppression.”

Various official police stamps identifying Bert Knoll as a Refugee from Nazi Oppression and Enemy Alien.

The green cover of a passport with tan square and black printing. It is stamped “No 669468” on top.

Cover page referencing the Aliens Order, 1920 with orders to present the document to authorities when required.

In 1940, the British authorities interned approximately 1,000 teenagers whom they classified as “enemy aliens.” Yet many of these same youths had been rescued by the British through the Kindertransport Rescue. This included Bert Knoll, who arrived in England on the last transport. Bert was arrested, interned on the Isle of Man and then deported to Canada. He remained interned in several locations from 1940 to 1944. The fourth page of this document identifies Bert Knoll as a “Refugee from Nazi Oppression.”

Donated to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre by Joel Knoll. RA029-02-00-02-02

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[Transcription from the original English.]

[Interior cover]

Registration Certificate No. 669468
Issued at Cambridge (County)
On 4th July 1939

Name (Surname first in Roman Capitals) : KNOLL, Berthold
[stamp, photograph, signature]

[Page 1]
Nationality: German
Born on 8-2-1923 in Vienna, Austria
Previous Nationality (if any): Austrian
Profession or Occupation: Cook – trainee, Business address Magdalene College, Cambridge
Single or Married: Single
Address of Residence: c/o Mr. I. C. Gedman, Newfields, Barton, Cambr.
Arrival in United Kingdom on: 8-6-39
Address of last Residence outside U.K.: Vienna 2, Hammed-Purgstallgasse 3/6
Government Service: /
Passport or other papers as to Nationality and Identity:
German Passport No. 102218 issued at Vienna on 7/3/1939

[Page 4]

Endorsements and Remarks

Refugee from Nazi Oppression
The holder of this certificate is to be exempted until further order from internment and from the special restrictions applicable to enemy aliens under the aliens order 1920, as amended
[Signature] Tribunal for Cambridgeshire District
Date: 5 Oct 1939
[Stamp from Cambridgeshire Constabulary Aliens Department]

[Page 5]

Endorsements and Remarks

[Stamp from Cambridgeshire Constabulary County Chief Constable’s Office]

Will change to 10 Jesus Lane, Cambridge on the 14th December 1939 [signature]

Reported arrival at 12 Jesus Lane, Cambridge on 17.12.1939 [signature]

[Stamp from Bourough Police Cambridge Aliens Department]

[Cover page]
No. 669468
Aliens Order, 1920.
Certificate of Registration

You must produce this certificate if required to do so by any Police Officer, Immigration Officer, or member of His Majesty’s forces acting in the course of his duty.

Certificate of Registration

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