In the above case I declare that Mr. Henry Silbernann entrusted me with the protection of his interests and gave me power of attorney Annex 1. On behalf of my client, I submit a completed form in Appendix 2 regarding damage in training and do the following:

        Mr. Silbermann was born on December 18, 1914 as the son of the dentist Eugen Silbermann and his wife Margarete Silbernann née Berger in Breslau. My client's parents, as well as my client himself, belong to the Jewish race.

        Proof: Submission of a photocopy of the birth certificate of the Wroclaw registry office dated February 1, 1939 Appendix 3

        On March 10, 1933, Mr. Silbermann passed his matriculation examination at the Realgyunasium at the Zwinger in Breslau.

        Proof: Photocopy of the certificate from March 10, 1933 Annex 4

        As can be seen from his secondary school leaving certificate, he intended to study medicine. A corresponding application for enrollment for the summer semester of 1933 at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Breslau was rejected, with reference to the fact that my client belonged to the Jewish community. For this reason, and because of the general persecution of Jews in Germany, there was no point in applying to another university. Therefore, Mr. Silbermann tried to study medicine in Switzerland and enrolled on May 4, 1933 at the medical faculty of the University of Bern.

Proof: Photocopy of the registration certificate Appendix 5

        However, he was unable to continue studying in Bern because of the high cost of living locally and because his parents could not transfer money to Switzerland, which is why he exnatriculated again after completing the first semester in Bern.

Proof: Certificate of departure, Photocopy Annex 6

Mr. Silbermann then went to Italy to complete a six-year medical degree there. From 1933 to 1934 he spent a year at the Medical Faculty of the University of Florence, from 1934 to 37, 3 years at the University of Bologna and from 1937 to 1938 a year in Rome.

        Proof: certified translation of a certificate from the University of Rome Annex 7

    In 1938, one year before he finished his studies, my client was expelled from the university because of his Jewish race and his German nationality. An application made by him to grant an exemption for the continuation of his studies was rejected by the competent authority.

 Proof: certified translation Appendix 8

  Shortly afterwards, Mr.Slbermann was also deported from Italy. However, he succeeded in having his stay in Italy extended to February 1940. When his residence permit had expired, he went to America via Portugal, where he worked as a research assistant for a doctor from May 40 to February 1941. In February 1941, Mr. Silbermann was drafted into the American army and was not released again until December 1945. Since the medical degree in Italy, which was also not completed, was not recognized in America, my client had to do the same from autumn 46 to July 50 in America at New York University, where he took his final exam in June 1950 . Today he works as a Wehrmacht doctor with the American Arnee with the rank of major at the military hospital in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt.

   On behalf of my client, I apply for training compensation in the amount of DM 10,000 in accordance with Section 116 BEG. According to Section 116, Paragraph 1, an allowance of DM 5,000 is to be granted without notification. With regard to the additional amount of DM5,000 .--- there is probably no need for proof after my client studied for 1/2 year in Switzerland and 5 years in Italy without success, as he was denied admission to his final exam in Italy. As can be seen from the certified translation in Appendix 7, the refusal was due to his own Jewish race. It is officially known that the German Reich independently exerted pressure on the Italian government to expel all Jews of German nationality from Italy.

    Mr. Silbermann lived in Breslau at Kaiser-Wilhelm-Str. 21, later the street of the SA, and from there emigrated to Switzerland and Italy. The Neustadt Reparation Office is therefore responsible locally. I would ask you to inform me whether there are any difficulties preventing the payment of the compensation amount because Mr. Silbermann lived in one of the Polish-occupied eastern areas in his last German place of residence. I would be grateful for an interim decision on this matter.

Notes:

1. I have some memory sense that reparation moneys did come through and that these were what they used to buy  the Danish furniture and Jensen silverware (and china) that they bought just before returning to the United States in 1959.