Biographical Notes
Name:
Thomas Leo, born 1925 in MarburgParticipant of 2005 visitation program to Frankfurt
Father:
Ulrich Leo, Romance philologist, Christian of Jewish origin
Addresses:
Frankfurt: Comeniusstraße; Oberursel (1932-1939): Altkönigstraße
o 1935: Ulrich Leo is fired under the “Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service” (“Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung des Berufsbeamtentums”)
o 1938, Ulrich Leo: Emigration to Venezuela
o 1939: His gentile wife Helene Leo and their sons Gerhard and Thomas, “first-degree Mischlinge”, follow Ulrich
o After WW II, Thomas and Gerhard Leo can go study in the USA; Ulrich Leo finds a teaching chair in Canada
Brother of Ulrich Leo:
o Paul Leo, Protestant pastor in Osnabrück, one daughter
o 1938 arrest during November Pogrom
o Escape through the Netherlands to the USA after release
Thomas Leo: Visit to Frankfurt: 2012