His wife, Kaethe, says he was born in Gleiwitz; however a German researcher reports that the 1939 census, which identifies him by birth date and recent emigration to Sweden, says he was born in Zawodzie, Kattowitz, which is where his father, Isidor, lived. As his parents were living in business accomodation it is quite possible that his mother, Rosalie, spent her confinement with relatives in Gleiwitz.
Notes: Married in Breslau in 1919 but lived in Berlin from at least 1924 (where his first child's birth was registered) until about 1938 when he emigrated to Sweden. Fled from Nazi Germany to Stockholm, Sweden.