Gunther Joel (1929 - 2009)

Born 3 Feb 1929 in Ansbach

Ancestors

Died 6 Jun 2009 at age 80 in New York, New York, USA

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Biography

Henry Guy Joel is the first cousin once removed of Billy Joel.

Gunther Joel, along with his parents Leon and Johanna Joel, sailed to Havana, Cuba on 13 May 1939 aboard the SS St. Louis. His father's brother, Karl, had immigrated to Cuba with his wife and son four months earlier. The ship's passengers were denied entry when they arrived and the boat returned to Europe. Gunther's parents were killed in the gas chambers at Auschwitz in 1942, but Gunther was hidden in France^[1] and able to escape to Switzerland. He later emigrated to the United States and lived on Long Island, going by the name of Henry Guy Joel. He served in the Korean War,^[2], and is buried in the Long Island National Cemetery.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Hidden Children in France, JewishGen (Online: JewishGen.org, 2023), citing locations and years: Chateau Montintin-Haute Vienne 1940, p. 84; Creuse in-Chateau de Chaumont (Mainsat) Aug 1941, p. 105; Creuse-Chateau du Masgelier 1942, pp. 97, 193
2. ↑ Source: #S1 pages 14-15
3. ↑ Source: #S2

• Source: S1 Schruers, Fred. (2014). Billy Joel - The Definitive Biography.
• Source: S2 "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2N-4QF4 : accessed 4 April 2015), Henry Joel, 2009; Burial, Farmingdale, Suffolk, New York, United States of America, Long Island National Cemetery; citing record ID 72520825, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72520825.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JG59-LPP : accessed 4 April 2015), Henry Joel, 06 Jun 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Obituary online at http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?n=henry-joel&pid=128221076&fhid=8540 - only lists funeral home.