Daniel Abraham

Saul Katz was born May 17, 1921, in Gera, the son of Aron Katz and his second wife, Gusti, née Katz.

Saul Katz
Source: Yad Vashem (Submitted by his brother Michael Katz)

Saul (lying, far right) with the Bar Kochba sports group, ca 1933 or 1934?

(Photo courtesy of Siegmund Spiegel)

Saul Katz

(Collection of the author)

Saul was deported to Poland with his parents on October 28, 1938 during the so-called Polenaktion. Ten days after the deportation, he sent a postcard to his friend, Siegmund Spiegel, asking if he had managed to contact his uncle Max Katz, in the hope that his relative would be able to help his family obtain an exit visa to the USA.

Postcard from Saul Katz, Lviv, 1938

(Courtesy of Siegmund Spiegel)

c/o Ch. Tennenbaum
Lemberg
Podzamcze 15

Lemberg (Lwow, Lviv), November 7, 1938

I'm sure you know by now that all exit visas... (?)
I'm here in Lemberg with relatives. Your parents (Sigmund Spiegel's) are temporarily in Posen.

I'm sure you have talked to my uncle [i.e. Max Katz] in the meantime. Please let me know his address and how he reacts to our request.
Now as to this exodus, it was as if one was sent into the Galut. I'm very well situated (?). Also I ran into Menachem Goldberg and his parents.

I now have to cut it short since I can't afford to write a letter, I have no money for postage.
Best regards to your sister,
Saul

Saul was murdered in 1942 with his parents, either in the Lviv massacre or in a death camp.