Zernik, Clementine (née Bloch, divorced Bern)
Biographical details: 28 September 1905 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary – 31 December 1996 in New York, USA
Occupation: Lawyer, librarian
Exile: 1938 USA
In the USA Clementine Zernik could not continue to practise as a lawyer. She first earned a living by doing occasional work. She also campaigned for the interests of Austrian emigrants in the USA. From 1942 she offered her language skills and political commitment to the British Information Service in the USA and later the American Broadcasting Station in Europe (ABSIE) in London.
Zweig, Lotte (née Perls)
Biographical details: 20 June 1908 in Breslau (now: Wrocław, Poland) – 1 May 1963 Frankfurt am Main
Exile: 1938 Kenya
Remigration: 1947 Germany/Western occupation zones
Lotte Zweig emigrated to Kenya in June 1938 with her daughter Stefanie. Her husband Walter Zweig had taken a job there a few months previously as a farm manager. After the outbreak of the Second World War Lotte and Stefanie Zweig were forcibly held for a period in a hotel in Nairobi. The son Max was born in 1946. The Zweigs returned to Germany in 1947.
Zweig, Stefanie
Biographical details: 19 September 1932 in Leobschütz (now: Głubczyce, Poland) – 25 April 2014 in Frankfurt am Main
Occupation: Journalist, writer
Exile: 1938 Kenya
Remigration: 1947 Germany/Western occupation zones
The 5-year-old Stefanie Zweig emigrated with her mother Lotte in June 1938 to Kenya. Her father worked there from the start of 1938 as a farm manager. Stefanie Zweig lived first on the farm and then, after the introduction of compulsory education, mainly in a boarding school. In 1939, she was interned briefly with her mother at a hotel in Nairobi. The Zweigs returned to Germany in 1947.
Zweig, Walter
Biographical details: 5 September 1904 in Sohrau (now: Żory, Poland) – 9 January 1959 in Frankfurt am Main
Occupation: Lawyer
Exile: 1938 Kenya
Remigration: 1947 Germany/Western occupation zones
Walter Zweig emigrated early 1938 to Kenya where he worked as a farm manager. His family followed him in June. Zweig was interned in Camp Ngong after the start of the Second World War. In 1942, he joined the East African army. In the spring of 1947, the Zweig family returned to Germany, as Zweig was offered a post as a judge in Frankfurt am Main.
