SS Hamburg Passenger List - 2 September 1937
Front Cover of a Passenger List (Class not Stated) for the SS Hamburg of the Hamburg America Line, Departing 2 September 1937 from Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg, Commanded by Captain Koch. GGA Image ID # 17786b61c5
Senior Officers and Staff
- Captain: Th. Koch, Commander
- First Officer: K. Schubert
- Chief Engineer: G. Onken
- First Radio Officer: E. Bading
- First Physicain: Dr. H. Kickton
- Second Physician: Dr. H. Greiner
- Nurse: Erika Kulenkamp
- Purser: R. Leschper
- Assistant Purser: J. Anders
- Assistant Purser: J. Bergmann
- Baggage Master: M. Clos
- Chief Steward, Cabin Class: A. Specht
- Grill Resturant Chef: O. Feig
- Chief Steward, Tourist Class: W. Kröger
- Chief Steward, Third Class: O. Schreiter
- Head Cook: E. Diessner
- Music Director: E. Fruth
List of Passengers
(Class not Stated)
To New York
- Mrs. Anna Ahlert
- Miss Hildegard Ahlert
- Mr. John Ahlgen
- Miss Kunigunde Alber
- Mr. Frank Ändert
- Kind Ändert
- Mrs. Nita Arndt
- Miss Vera Arndt
- Miss E. Ilse Arndt
- Mr. Oscar Arnold
- Mr. Lucian Assenmacher
- Mrs. Gertrude Bader
- Miss Ottilie Bahr
- Miss Mary L. Ball
- Miss Frieda Bantel
- Mr. Edward Bartlett
- Mr. Gustav Bastin
- Mrs. Anna Bauer
- Mrs. Kaethe Bauer
- Mr. George Beck
- Mrs. George Beck
- Mr. John Bednar
- Mr. Albrecht Behm
- Mr. Hans Walter Berg
- Mrs. Frida Emma Betz
- Mr. Karlheinrich Beutler
- Miss Aloysia Bezler
- Mr. Oskar Bezold
- Miss Catherine Bill
- Miss Katharine Bill
- Mr. Johann Blach
- Miss Anna Blair
- Mr. Joseph Bleicher
- Miss Mary Boettcher
- Miss Frieda Böhm
- Mr. Emil Boldt
- Mrs. Emil Boldt
- Mrs. Erna Bonitz
- Miss Charlotte Bonitz
- Mr. Edgar Boseman
- Mr. Kurt Breymayer
- Mr. William von den Brock
- Mrs. Anna von den Brock
- Mr. Kirkwood Brodie
- Mr. Günther Buhse
- Mr. Heinz Busch
- Mrs. Maria Buschmann
- Mr. Eduard Cochu
- Miss Nancy Dammon
- Mrs. Ottilie Davenport
- Mr. Franz Danner
- Mrs. Franz Danner
- Mr. Franz Danner
- Mr. D. Davidson
- Mr. Sidney Davidson
- Miss Katherine Davidson
- Mr. Heinrich Denecke
- Mr. Frederick L. Dickson
- Mr. Wilhelm Dietze
- Mr. Ramsey Duff
- Mrs. Ramsey Duff
- Deirdre Duff
- Mrs. Ernestine Dusoir
- Miss Ilse Dusoir
- Mr. Robert Eicher
- Miss A. Engel
- Mrs. Anna Epp
- Mr. Alfred Ernst
- Mrs. Alfred Ernst
- Helen Ernst
- Miss Susan Erwin
- Mr. Hermann Essel
- Mrs. Emma Ficker
- Ruth Ficker
- Mr. Fritz Finger
- Mr. Erich Fischer
- Miss Ella Florschütz
- Mrs. Meta Elsa Forke
- Mr. Horst Frenz
- Mrs. Anna Fritzsche
- Mr. Karl Fröhlich
- Mrs. Karl Fröhlich
- Mr. Isaac Fuld
- Mrs. Isaac Fuld
- Miss Luise Funk
- Louise Geissler
- Mr. Paul Gerhardt
- Mrs. Paul Gerhardt
- Mr. Karl Goedde
- Mrs. Karl Goedde
- Mr. Hanns F. Goetzen
- Miss Emma Grathwohl
- Mrs. Emma Grauli
- Miss Emmy Grauli
- Mr. Herbert Grellmann
- Mrs. Anna Greser
- Mr. Heinrich Grimm
- Mr. Dr. Günther Grüninger
- Mrs. Mary Guess
- Mr. Walter Gumprecht
- Mr. Karl Gursky
- Mr. Johann Haas
- Mrs. Johann Haas
- Miss Hedwig Haas
- Mrs. Maria Haeler
- Mr. Heinrich Haering
- Mr. Otto Hagenah
- Mr. Ogden Hannaford
- Miss Priscilla Hannaford
- Mrs. Frieda Hartmann
- Mr. Walter Hasenclever
- Mrs. Ella Hazel
- Miss Viola Hazel
- Miss Mary Hazel
- Mrs. Henriette Heinsohn
- Mr. Karl Heller
- Mrs. Karl Heller
- Miss Nancy Hellmann
- Mr. Carl Herrlett
- Mrs. Carl Herrlett
- Mr. John Hickenbrosser
- Mrs. Barbara Hirtz
- Miss Selma Hoehle
- Mrs. Charlotte Hoerburger
- Evelyn Hoerburger
- Mr. Ernst Hoffmann
- Mrs. Ernst Hoffmann
- Mr. Wilhelm Hohloch
- Mrs. Wilhelm Hohloch
- Rolf Hohloch
- Mr. Le Roy Holman
- Mrs. Hedwig Holsten
- Mr. Claus Holthusen
- Mr. Peter Honnef
- Mrs. Peter Honnef
- Mr. Paul Homburg
- Mr. Gustav Horstkotte
- Mrs. Gustav Horstkotte
- Alice Horstkotte
- Mr. Clyde Hubbard
- Mrs. Anna Huber
- Mrs. Agnes Huber
- Mr. Ch. Hughes
- Mr. St. Hughes
- Mr. George Hull
- Mr. Jap Jacobs
- Mr. Friedrich Jaule
- Mrs. Friedrich Jaule
- Anna Jaule
- Fred Jaule
- Mrs. Gertrud Jahn
- Miss Dr. Florence Jenny
- Mr. Ulrich Jetter
- Mr. Joseph Jeuk
- Mr. Johann Jeutter
- Mrs. Gertrud John
- Mr. Walter Jokisch
- Miss Mary Jones
- Mr. William Jordan
- Mr. Herbert Jung
- Mr. Albert Junginger
- Mrs. Albert Junginger
- Miss Marianne Junginger
- Miss Brunhilde Junginger
- Mr. August Kauffnrann
- Mrs. August Kauffmann
- Mr. Karl Kaupert
- Mrs. Karl Kaupert
- Mr. Frank Key
- Mrs. Frank Key
- Miss Edith Key
- Franz Key
- Mr. Herbert Kirchner
- Mrs. Wilhelmine Klemm
- Miss Henny Klemm
- Miss Ursula Klipstein
- Miss Luise Klittich
- Mrs. Gertrud Koerting
- Mr. Otto Köhler
- Mr. Alexander Krebs
- Mr. John Kreitler
- Mr. Paul Kroll
- Mrs. Paul Kroll
- Mr. Max Kronbach
- Mr. Edgar Krüger
- Mr. Joseph Kuhn
- Mrs. Joseph Kuhn
- Richard Kuhn
- Mr. Georg Langguth
- Mrs. Georg Langguth
- Mr. Werner Langguth
- Mr. Chas. Lanzbey
- Mrs. Chas. Lanzbey
- Mr. Omer Luther Leavengood
- Mrs. Omer Luther Leavengood
- Mrs. Emma Lebold
- Mr. Jacob Lehle
- Mrs. Jacob Lehle
- Rudolf Lehle
- Mr. Ulrich Lehmann
- Mrs. Luise Leutz
- Mr. Robert Lewis
- Mr. Joseph Limacher
- Mr. Gaston Lipscomb Jr.
- Mr. Norman Lipscomb
- Miss Ellen Luberger
- Mrs. Olga Elis. Mainusch
- Mrs. Therese Mair
- Miss Hermine Mair
- Mr. Hans Martin
- Mr. Anton Matousek
- Mr. William Mayer
- Mr. John McCrumm
- Miss Martha McGraham
- Mr. John McGreevy
- Miss Bessy Meners
- Mr. Karl Mengel
- Mrs. Karl Mengel
- Miss Liselotte Mengel
- Mr. Christian Menke
- Mrs. Christian Menke
- Mr. Ewald Meredig
- Mrs. Ewald Meredig
- Miss Alice Messner
- Mr. William Meyer
- Mr. Albert Meyn
- Mrs. Emma Meyn
- Mr. John Mithoefer
- Mr. Martin Mohrdiek
- Miss Elizabeth Mölle
- Mr. Günther Müller
- Mr. Josef Müller
- Mrs. Josef Müller
- Mr. Oskar Münkemer
- Mr. Bert Nicholas
- Mrs. Friederike Niemeyer
- Miss Ida Victoria Nilson
- Miss Elisabeth Nowak
- Mrs. Marie Nyklicek
- Mrs. Anna Obermaier
- Herbert Obermaier
- Mrs. Frieda Offermann
- Katharina Offermann
- Mr. Eliot O’Reilly
- Mr. William Page
- Mrs. Winifred Pascoe
- Miss Dr. Julia Patton
- Mr. Austin Peck
- Miss Paula Peetz
- Miss Gertrude Pellner
- Mrs. Selma Petersen
- Paul Petersen
- Christine Petersen
- Miss Barbara Pierce
- Mr. Thomas Pillsburg
- Miss Elise Podderin
- Mr. Heinz Probst
- Mrs. Martha Rasch
- Miss Anneliese Rasch
- Mr. John Rassmussen
- Miss Anna Rau
- Mrs. Gertrud Rehnert
- Inge Rehnert
- Johanne Rehnert
- Mr. Emil Reich
- Mrs. Emil Reich
- Mr. Karl Reisinger
- Mrs. Karl Reisinger
- Mrs. Therese Reiter
- Mr. John Reiter
- Mr. Rudolf Reiter
- Mrs. Elizabeth Richershagen
- Mary Richershagen
- Mrs. Frieda Riebeling
- Hans Riebeling
- Mrs. Anna Rieder
- Miss Helene Riedrich
- Mrs. Else Riemer
- Margarete Riemer
- Mr. Karl Ritter
- Mrs. Karl Ritter
- Mr. Richard Ritter
- Mrs. Richard Ritter
- Mr. John Robins
- Mr. Gustav Rohde
- Mrs. Gustav Rohde
- Mr. Ernst Röhr
- Mr. Eberhard Romberg
- Mrs. Eberhard Romberg
- Mr. Hermann Rosch
- Mrs. Hermann Rosch
- Mr. Ernst Rose
- Mrs. Ernst Rose
- Lotte Rose
- Hildegard Rose
- Miss Charlotte Roth
- Mr. Benno Rudenick
- Mrs. Benno Rudenick
- Mr. Otto Rueprich
- Mrs. Pauline Russ
- Mr. Horace Rüssel
- Mr. Franz Russold
- Mr. Gerhard Schade
- Mrs. Gerhard Schade
- Gerhard Schade
- Mr. Bernard Scherer
- Mr. Ferdinand Scherer
- Mr. Walter Scherer
- Mrs. Katie Scherer
- Mr. Johannes Schielein
- Mrs. Johannes Schielein
- Eleanor Schielein
- Mrs. Mary Schiff
- Mr. Erich Schlegel
- Mrs. Erich Schlegel
- Helene Schlegel
- Miss Lina Schlimbach
- Miss Rosa Schmidt
- Mr. Wilhelm Schmidt
- Mrs. Anna Schmitt
- Mrs. Eugenie Schramm
- Miss Liselotte Schramm
- Mr. Henry Schreiber
- Mrs. Henry Schreiber
- Margaret Schreiber
- Miss Eva Schröder
- Mrs. Martha Schubert
- Miss Eleonore Schubert
- Mrs. Martha Schuettlerd-Jarve
- Miss Anna Schuk
- Mr. Adolf Schumacher
- Mrs. Adolf Schumacher
- Miss Maria Schusteredes
- Mrs. Luise Schwager
- Mr. Heinrich Schwager
- Egon Schwager
- Miss Emilie Schwarz
- Mrs. Frieda Seela
- Manfred Seela
- Mr. Heinz W. Seydlitz
- Mr. Pius Seyfried
- Mr. John Shand
- Miss Winifred Sharpless
- Miss Louise Shire
- Miss Annemarie Sieger
- Mr. Carl Sievers
- Miss Helen Sites
- Mrs. Therese Sittner
- Mr. H. Smith
- Miss Katherine Smith
- Mr. Arthur Soderland
- Mrs. Arthur Soderland
- Mr. Arthur Soderland
- Mr. Gustav Sokoll
- Mrs. Gustav Sokoll
- Mr. Peter Sterner
- Mrs. Wilhelmine Steuer
- Mrs. Hedwig Steyer
- Mr. Henry Stoffers
- Mrs. Henry Stoffers
- Mr. Wolfgang Strasmann
- Mr. Andrew Streitwieser
- Mr. Robbin Strong
- Miss Ruth Strong
- Mr. Hermann Suess
- Mrs. Hermann Suess
- Walter Suess
- Mrs. Emma Tafalla
- Mr. Herbert Thalheimer
- Mrs. Agnes Tiedemann
- Miss Sofie Tiedemann
- Mr. William van Til
- Mrs. William van Til
- Mrs. Else Tittmann
- Miss Emmy Uhl
- Mrs. Elsie Verhulst
- Vitale Verhulst
- Mr. Erich Vogel
- Mrs. Helen Vogelsang
- Mrs. Luise Vogtenberger
- Mr. Hans Vollmar
- Miss Melanie Waggershausen
- Mrs. Ida Wagner
- Mr. Baron Waltkoll
- Mr. Cölestin Walz
- Mrs. Karoline Wasner
- Miss Emily Weber
- Miss Elisabeth Weichhalter
- Mr. Waldemar Weidemeier
- Mr. Karl Westermann
- Mr. Werner Westermann
- Mrs. Anita Wich*Davis
- Miss Anne Wilkes
- Mrs. Auguste Wilms
- Miss Claude Wilms
- Mrs. Marie Wittenzeller
- Anna Wittenzeller
- Miss Irene Wohl
- Miss Anna Wohlfahrt
- Mr. Theodor Wulf
- Mrs. Theodor Wulf
- Mrs. Else Wunderlich
- Mr. Amand Zedelmaier
- Mrs. Amand Zedelmaier
- Miss Elisabeth Zeisberg
- Mrs. Anna Zehrfuss
- Werner Zehrfuss
- Mrs. Emilie Zinnei
- Mr. Hermann Zumpf
- Mrs. Hermann Zumpf
- Mrs. Anna Zwicklbauer
To Southampton
- Philip Giles
- Mr. Pastor Johannes Greber
- Mrs. Helka Hailbronner
- Mr. John Hawkins
- Miss Paula Kühnlenz
- Mr. John Major
- Mr. Richard Miles
- Mr. Frederick Moebius
- Miss Alice Petersen
- Miss Ottilie Pfeiffer
- Miss Marjorie Reade
- Miss Johanna Ross
- Mr. F.ric Schüller
- Miss Hedwig Vogt
- Miss Ilse Westphalen
The Hamburg America Line
The Hamburg - American Line is Germany’s oldest and largest shipping company. It was founded ninety years ago—on May 27th, 1847—by some Hamburg business men, and the name given to it was Hamburg-Amerikanische Packet- fahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft. Originally, the only vessels owned and operated were sailing ships. In the course of a few decades, the undertaking developed into a shipping concern of world-wide importance, and—in 1914—was the premier shipping company in the world.
Thanks to the vigour and energy with which the reconstruction programme was carried out, the company soon recovered from the consequences of the World War, so that it now occupies once more a leading position in world shipping. Its fleet consists of 102 sea-going ships and 196 smaller craft, aggregating 705,000 gross reg. tons.
The service between Hamburg and New York—now operated for ninety years—is the nucleus of the company’s network of regular lines that serve ports in every continent. When the firm was established, three sailing ships were built to look after that service; and a few years later, the first Hapag steamers were added.
Thus the foundation was laid for a development which caused that service to acquire world-wide fame thanks to the peak achievements of the ships employed in it which included the world’s biggest and fastest liners. More than 6,000,000 passengers have been carried so far on this route alone At present the company’s four twin-screw express steamers of the “Hamburg” class—each of which aggregates about 22,000 tons gross—are used on it.
The engine power of each being some 28,000 h.p., they are able to travel at a speed of 19 knots. The trip from Hamburg to New York takes eight days. Every Thursday throughout the year, one of the four leaves Hamburg for New York (via Southampton and Cherbourg), whilst another leaves New York for Hamburg (via Cherbourg and Southampton).
Each has accommodation for about 1,000 passengers, divided into the Cabin Class, Tourist Class, and Third Class. During the summer months the twin- screw motorship “St. Louis” (16,732 tons gross) is used to supplement the regular sailings carried out by the four boats of the “Hamburg” class.
In addition to the Hamburg-New York route, numerous other liner services are maintained by the Hapag, attending to the needs of more than 120 ports scattered throughout the world. Chief among them are those to Canada, Cuba-Mexico, to the West Indies and Central America, the west coast of North and South America, the Netherlands Indies, Australia, and the Far East. First-class ships are operated on all these routes, carrying passengers, cargo, and mail.
Apart from the regular liner services, the Hapag is prominently engaged in another important branch of shipping enterprise, the rise of which dates from the ’nineties of the past century. At that time the company inaugurated its famous pleasure cruises (by the express steamer “Auguste Victoria”), being the first shipping company in the world to extend its activities to that domain.
The popularity gained by the cruises is again as great as it was before the War. Thousands of passengers have been able to derive enjoyment from them, the parts visited including: the Northern countries, Madeira, the Mediterranean, and the West Indies, whilst a grand cruise around the world is also made once a year.
For three generations, the Hamburg America Line has shown its flag on the seven seas. In another ten years’ time, a whole century will have passed since its foundation. The company is well-equipped with everything that is needed to achieve the purposes for which it was established and continues to be inspired by its traditional desire to render really first-class service to passengers and shippers alike.
Safety Regulations
Life preservers ready for immediate use are to be found at the top end of the beds in all cabins. They are put on like ordinary jackets and are tied together at the neck and across the body. The danger signal for passengers consists of seven short and one long blast of the steam-whistle. Upon this signal passengers proceed to the assembly places indicated in public notices on board. From here they are conducted to the boats by their room stewards under supervision of the officer in charge.
Important notices
According to the German Currency Regulations putting an embargo on the import of German Reichsmark Notes and Silver Coin officials and members of the crew are prohibited from accepting German Reichsmark Notes and German Silver Coin.
Passengers are therefore kindly requested to pay their bills and intended gratuities only in Ships Money Orders or in foreign currencies.
Films and Chemicals. Any large quantities of films, chemicals and other photographic material of inflammable nature may under no circumstances be kept in the cabins. Passengers are requested to hand them to the purser on board for safe-keeping.
