Kurt Flatow (1907 - 1992)

Born 30 Jul 1907 in Berlin, Deutsches Reich

Ancestors

Died 26 Nov 1992 at age 85 in New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Kurt Flatow was born in Berlin on 30 July 1907. He was a son of Leo Flatow and his wife Margarete Flatow (born Guttmann).^[1][2]

Kurt became a dentist.

He married twice, the first time in 1931 in Königs Wusterhausen.^[1] On 27 October 1936, he remarried in Berlin. His second wife was the dentist Margot Translateur (born in Rybnik, Silesia). He was living at Friedensstraße 78, Berlin when he married Margot.^[3]

In 1937 Margot gave birth to their son Alfred (later: Fred).^[4]

According to an article published in Australia in 1967, the family left Berlin in 1938 and went to China.^[4] In 1944, the family was living in Shanghai at 50/8 Zangyang Lu where Kurt was working as a dentist and his wife Margot a dental surgeon. They were classified as "German Refugees".^[5] In the 1938 Shanghai emigrant address book they also show.^[6]

However, there is an entry in the phone book for Kurt Flatow in Berlin in 1940 living at SW 68 Dresdener Str 40. His occupation was "Fuhrgesch". It follows they may have left Berlin later or there were possibly two "Kurt Flatow" living in Berlin.^[7]

After the war, the Flatow family emigrated to Australia on the SS PRIAM which arrived in 1946. All three entered as "stateless".^[4][8] Kurt's sister, Claire Spiegelglas, (originally "Kläre Flatlow") also migrated to Australia. She came with her husband Alexander Siegelglas and their daughter Irina in 1948.^[9] See: Kläre (Flatow) Spiegelglass (1902-)

Kurt, Margot and Alfred settled in Sydney. In 1951/52 they were living in Concord.^[10] By May 1953, they had moved to Belmore.^[11]

In 1951/52, they took steps to become naturalised, advertising their intention in local newspapers as required at the time.

I, KURT FLATOW, of Ger-

man nationality, born at

Berlin, Germany, resident

five years in Australia, now

residing at 13 Salt St., Con-

cord, intend to apply for

Naturalisation under the

Nationality and Citizenship

Act. 1948^[12]

I, MARGOT FLATOW, of

German Nationality, born at

Rybnik, Germany, resident six

years in Australia, now resid-

ing at 15 Chisholm Ave., Be-

more, intend to apply for Na-

turalisation under the National-

ity and Citizenship Act, 1948.^[13]

Kurt was naturalised on 8 Aug 1952^[10] and Margot on 15 May 1953. ^[11]

In Australia, both Kurt and his son Fred, were successful chess players.^[4]

Kurt and his wife were probably the owners of "K. & M. Flatow Dental Laboratories Pty Ltd", a company they wound up voluntarily in 1981.

"In the matter of the Companies Act, 1961, and in the matter

of K. & M. FLATOW DENTAL LABORATORIES PTY LTD.

- Notice is hereby given that at an extraordinary general

meeting of the abovenamed company, duly convened and held

at 15 Chishold Avenue, Belmore, at 10 a. m. on Monday,

1st June, 1981, the following resolution was passed: "That

the company be wound up voluntarily and that Kurt Flatow

be appointed liquidator". - Dated this 5th day of June, 1981.

K. M. FLATOW, Liquidator, c.o. R. A. BIRREL & ASSOCIATES,

15 A Belmore Street. Burwood 2134."^[14]

His wife died in August 1991. He passed away 15 months later on 26 November 1992. His funeral was held on 3rd December at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium. There is a memorial plaque for both Kurt and Margot at Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, in Macquarie Park, New South Wales.^[15][16][17]

Research notes

• find out name and fate of the first wife he married in Königs Wusterhausen

Transcripts

Nr. 1117

Berlin am 1 August 1907

Vor dem unterzeichneten Standesbeamten erschien heute, der Persönlichkeit

nach durch Familienbuch

anerkannt

der Zahnkünstler Leo Flatow

wohnhaft in Berlin Alexanderstraße14e

mosaischer Releigion, und zeigte an, daß von der

Margarethe Flatow geborene

Guttmann seiner Ehefrau

mosaischer Religion

wohnhaft bei ihn

zu Berlin in seiner Wohnung

am dreißigsten Juli des Jahres

tausend neunhundert sieben Vormittags

um neun Uhr ein .....

geboren worden sei und daß das Kind den Vornamen

Kurt

erhalten habe.

Vorgelesen, genehmigt und unterschrieben

Leo Flatow

Der Standesbeamte

........................

...................

Zum 2. Male geheiratet

Nr. 822/1936

Bln 7 b

Zum 1. Male geheiratet

Nr. 15/1931

Königswusterhausen^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Landesarchiv Berlin; Berlin, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Geburtsregister; Laufendenummer: 1106. Geburtenregister der Berliner Standesämter (Bestände P Rep. 100 bis P Rep. 840) 1874–1908. Ancestry.com. Berlin, Germany, Births, 1874-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Kurt Flatow Birth Image at Ancestry.com
2. ↑ Geburtsregister 1117/1907, Standesamt Berlin VII (cited via marriage record at private genealogy website ScatteredMind.co.uk)
3. ↑ Marriage record at private genealogy website ScatteredMind.co.uk
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} The bulletin, Vol. 89, No. 4536, 11 Feb 1967, p. 53, scan
5. ↑ 14776: Flatow, Kurt, 14777: Flatow, Margot
6. ↑ Emigranten Adressbuch Fuer Shanghai. Hong Kong: Old China Hand Press. Print. p. 49
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. German Phone Directories, 1915-1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Originals were digitized from the following collections: Berlin ZC 3344; Berlin (Ost) ZB 56308; Frankfurt am Main ZB 17536, ZB 53709, ZB 65276, ZB 66111; Hamburg ZB 19164; Leipzig ZB 547; München ZB 20568. Access to originals courtesy of the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig. In partnership with DasTelefonbuch. [https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/11581806:60654 Kurt Flatow in Berlin Phone Book (1940)
8. ↑ NAA: SP11/2, STATELESS/FLATOW K. National Archives of Australia. Title: "Kurt Flatow [Stateless, formerly German - arrived Australia per SS PRIAM, c. 1946. Box 189]" Item ID: 8781183
9. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald, Death Notices, 28 Nov 1992.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} 1952 'CERTIFICATES OF NATURALIZATION.', Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), 18 September, p. 3765. , viewed 19 Feb 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232891836
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} 1953 'CERTIFICATES OF NATURALIZATION.', Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), 18 June, p. 1674. , viewed 19 Feb 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232890564
12. ↑ The Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, 14 July 1951, p. 9, scan
13. ↑ The Propeller, Hurstville, New South Wales, 14 August 1952, p5, scan
14. ↑ 1981 'IN the matter of the Companies Act, 1961, and in the matter of K. & M. FLATOW DENTAL LABORATORIES PTY LTD.', Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), 5 June, p. 3077. , viewed 19 Feb 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231265897
15. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145348353/kurt-flatow : accessed 17 February 2022), memorial page for Kurt Flatow (unknown–26 Nov 1992), Find A Grave: Memorial #145348353, citing Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, North Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980) .
16. ↑ Gravestone photograph at private genealogy website ScatteredMind.co.uk
17. ↑ Ryerson Index: FLATOW Kurt; Death notice; Death: 26NOV1992; Age: 85 ; late of Belmore; Published: Sydney Morning Herald 28NOV1992. Accessed 13 Feb 2022