RUDOLPH BERES |
On
6 October 1936, Rudolph Beres (line 13) arrived in New York City harbor
aboard the SS. Hamburg Listed as age 17 and a pupil. he appears to
have traveled unaccompanied. |
Rudolph
listed his father, A. Beres, Wiesbaden as his contact at home. His
destination was the home of his aunt, Elisab. Heuel, 313 Grammercy
Place, Atlantic City, NJ. |
Rudolph
(see line #2), at age 19, sailed aboard the SS Veendam from Rotterdam,
The Netherlands arriving in New York City harbor on September 1938. |
Classed
as a student he held re-entry permits that had been issued on 21 June
1938.
His permanent home in the U.S. was listed as that of his aunt at 313
Grammercy Place, Atlantic City, NJ |
Rudolph
Beres, native to Wiesbaden (Prussia), Germany, enlisted in the U.S. Army at Fort Niagara, Youngstown, NY.
He was not
yet a U.S. citizen.
On 21 February 1942, then assigned to Hq Company, 3rd
Battalion, 179th Infantry, Rudolph submitted a Petition For
Naturalization. He became a naturalized citizen when took an Oath of Renunciation and Allegiance .on 30
November 1942. |
Pvt Beres was appointed to the grade of Corporal on 9 April
1943 and then promoted to Sgt on 26 August 1943.
Sgt Beres was sent to a Documents course London England on 14
January 1944.
On 6 June 1944 Sgt Beres was captured in France and held prisoner for
the remainder of the war. He was ultimately liberated from Stalag
3C Alt Drewitz Brandenburg, Prussia in 1945.
It is not known when he was discharged. |
Following the war Rudolph entered into a civilian career of
some sort that caused him to travel extensively. He undoubtedly
was still fluent in German, a fact that he may have concealed from his
captors while in the POW camps. Later he may have also become
conversant in Spanish as well. Consider the following travelogue
(which is probably incomplete): |
12
September 1950, departed New York, NY on Pan American World Airways
Flight 110/12 bound for London, Eng. |
Rudolph
was on the manifest as a First Class passenger aboard the SS
Liberty, when it docked in New York city on 18 June 1953 after sailing
from Le Havre, France. |
He arrived
in New York, NY from Bogota, Colombia on Avianca,
Flight 770 on 31 August 1953. |
Rudolph
flew in First Class on 12
February 1955 and deplaned at Idlewild Airport, NY from Mexico, D.F.,
Mexico on Air France, Flight 078/0212 |
On 21
July 1956, he again arrived Idlewild Airport, NY. This time
he was seated in Standard Class when he flew from Puerto Mexico,
Mexico on Air France, Flight 070/0721 |
On
13 September 1958, he arrived in Los Angeles, CA on CMA, Flight 584 from
Mexico City. Residence stated as Presa de la Angostura, 295, Mexico,
D.F. |
On 14 March 1959 Rudolph arrived in Los Angeles, CA from Mexico.
He listed the Hotel Marhopinske as his destination |
Rudolph arrived in New Orleans on
31 August 1961, from Guatemala City, Guatemala on TACA International. Flight 700 |
On 29 May 1962, Rudolph arrived in Miami, FL on Pan American Flight 432
which he boarded at "MBJ" (Sangster International Airport (Montego Bay,
Jamaica) |
Although undated, Rudolf [sic] was recorded as traveling
from his permanent address in Mexico to San Francisco where he would stay at the Fairmont
Hotel [located at 950 Mason Street] |
Despite the availability of all these records, there was no
evidence that Rudolph ever married.
He died in Mexico City, Mexico on 7 July 1999.
His final resting place is unknown. |
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