LEO SKRZYPCZYNSKI.
Leo Skrzypczynski, alias LEO, was between 1941 and 1942 an agent of Arvid Harnack's network in Berlin. May have been in touch with Gurevich during the latter's visit to Berlin in August or November 1941. An associate of Kuckhoff. he was responsible for the custody and distribution of funds for certain agenets of Harnack's group, and was probably an agent of some standing and importance in the R.U.
Address in 1946: 5/7 Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin.
Personal Particulars.
Nationality: German.
Date of birth: 11-12-1906 in Berlin.
Occupation: Industrialist.
History.
Educated in Berlin and attended Berlin University.
Was before 1933 member of "Friends of the Soviet Union" association.
In 1942 proprietor of the Krone Works in Berlin, manufacturing WT components for the Luftwaffe.
Was arrested in the autumn of 1942 by the Gestapo through implication in Harnack's intelligence service.
Released by Russian Forces in Berlin in 1945.
Appointed President of the Zentralverwaltung für Industrie in 1946 in the Soviet Zone of Germany.
Was invited to visit Moscow in September 1947.
Was dismissed, or resigned, from his post in March 1948 on the Zentralverwaltung für Industrie.
Reported to be interested in trade between the UK and the Soviet Zone of Germany in June 1949.
Source KV3/351.
This Certified Award is based upon the claim of Franziska Luis Forster-Hahn (the “Claimant”) to
the accounts of Paul Skrzypczynski (“Account Owner Paul Skrzypczynski”) and Anna
Skrzypczynski (“Account Owner Anna Skrzypczynski”) (together the “Account Owners”) at the
Zurich branch of the [REDACTED] (the “Bank”).
All awards are published. Where a claimant has not requested confidentiality, as in this case,
only the name of the bank has been redacted.
Information Provided by the Claimant
The Claimant submitted a Claim Form identifying the Account Owners as her maternal
grandparents, Paul Johann Skrzypczynski and Anna Luise Skrzypczynski, née Troschke. The
Claimant stated that Paul Skrzypczynski was born on 7 May 1878, in Kattowitz, Poland (formerly
Germany), that Anna Skrzypczynski was born on 16 August 1884 in Reichenau, Germany, and
that the couple married on 1 October 1904 in Berlin, Germany. The Claimant stated that her
grandparents, who were both Romani, had two children: Hildegard Hahn, née Skrzypczynski,
(the Claimant’s mother), who was born on 12 July 1905 in Berlin; and Leo Skrzypczynski, who
was born on 11 December 1906 in Berlin. The Claimant indicated that Paul Skrzypczynski was a
tailor who lived with his wife at 13 Lutherstrasse in Berlin. According to the Claimant, Paul
Skrzypczynski retired in the 1930s and died of cancer on 24 April 1939. The Claimant stated that
Anna Skrzypczynski was under surveillance by the Gestapo and survived the Second World War
by hiding outside Berlin. The Claimant stated that Anna Skrzypczynski died in 1972 in
Reichenau.
In support of her claim, the Claimant submitted numerous documents including a family booklet
and the death certificate of Anna Skrzypczynski, indicating that Paul and Anna Skrzypczynski
were married in 1904. The Claimant also submitted her mother’s birth certificate, demonstrating
that she was the daughter of Paul and Anna Skrzypczynski; and her own birth certificate,
demonstrating that she is the daughter of Hildegard Hahn, née Skrzypczynski. The Claimant also
2/5 provided her father’s will and a document concerning the division of her grandfather’s estate, as
well as a copy of a document issued by the Nazi authorities indicating that Leo Skrzypczynski
was interned in the Oranienburg concentration camp between May 1943 and April 1945. The
Claimant stated that Leo Skrzypczynski passed away in 1971, that his wife passed away on a
prior date, and that his son, Andreas Skrzypczynski, who was born in 1942, died in 1945.
The Claimant indicated that she was born on 21 December 1935 in Hamburg, Germany. The
Claimant is representing her sister, Katja Hahn-d’Errico, who was born on 22 November 1939 in
Hamburg, and her cousin, Renee Maria Lubowski, née Skrzypczynski, (the daughter of Leo
Skrzypczynski), who was born on 17 March 1938 in Berlin.
Source: https://www.crt-ii.org
Address in 1946: 5/7 Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin.
Personal Particulars.
Nationality: German.
Date of birth: 11-12-1906 in Berlin.
Occupation: Industrialist.
History.
Educated in Berlin and attended Berlin University.
Was before 1933 member of "Friends of the Soviet Union" association.
In 1942 proprietor of the Krone Works in Berlin, manufacturing WT components for the Luftwaffe.
Was arrested in the autumn of 1942 by the Gestapo through implication in Harnack's intelligence service.
Released by Russian Forces in Berlin in 1945.
Appointed President of the Zentralverwaltung für Industrie in 1946 in the Soviet Zone of Germany.
Was invited to visit Moscow in September 1947.
Was dismissed, or resigned, from his post in March 1948 on the Zentralverwaltung für Industrie.
Reported to be interested in trade between the UK and the Soviet Zone of Germany in June 1949.
Source KV3/351.
This Certified Award is based upon the claim of Franziska Luis Forster-Hahn (the “Claimant”) to
the accounts of Paul Skrzypczynski (“Account Owner Paul Skrzypczynski”) and Anna
Skrzypczynski (“Account Owner Anna Skrzypczynski”) (together the “Account Owners”) at the
Zurich branch of the [REDACTED] (the “Bank”).
All awards are published. Where a claimant has not requested confidentiality, as in this case,
only the name of the bank has been redacted.
Information Provided by the Claimant
The Claimant submitted a Claim Form identifying the Account Owners as her maternal
grandparents, Paul Johann Skrzypczynski and Anna Luise Skrzypczynski, née Troschke. The
Claimant stated that Paul Skrzypczynski was born on 7 May 1878, in Kattowitz, Poland (formerly
Germany), that Anna Skrzypczynski was born on 16 August 1884 in Reichenau, Germany, and
that the couple married on 1 October 1904 in Berlin, Germany. The Claimant stated that her
grandparents, who were both Romani, had two children: Hildegard Hahn, née Skrzypczynski,
(the Claimant’s mother), who was born on 12 July 1905 in Berlin; and Leo Skrzypczynski, who
was born on 11 December 1906 in Berlin. The Claimant indicated that Paul Skrzypczynski was a
tailor who lived with his wife at 13 Lutherstrasse in Berlin. According to the Claimant, Paul
Skrzypczynski retired in the 1930s and died of cancer on 24 April 1939. The Claimant stated that
Anna Skrzypczynski was under surveillance by the Gestapo and survived the Second World War
by hiding outside Berlin. The Claimant stated that Anna Skrzypczynski died in 1972 in
Reichenau.
In support of her claim, the Claimant submitted numerous documents including a family booklet
and the death certificate of Anna Skrzypczynski, indicating that Paul and Anna Skrzypczynski
were married in 1904. The Claimant also submitted her mother’s birth certificate, demonstrating
that she was the daughter of Paul and Anna Skrzypczynski; and her own birth certificate,
demonstrating that she is the daughter of Hildegard Hahn, née Skrzypczynski. The Claimant also
2/5 provided her father’s will and a document concerning the division of her grandfather’s estate, as
well as a copy of a document issued by the Nazi authorities indicating that Leo Skrzypczynski
was interned in the Oranienburg concentration camp between May 1943 and April 1945. The
Claimant stated that Leo Skrzypczynski passed away in 1971, that his wife passed away on a
prior date, and that his son, Andreas Skrzypczynski, who was born in 1942, died in 1945.
The Claimant indicated that she was born on 21 December 1935 in Hamburg, Germany. The
Claimant is representing her sister, Katja Hahn-d’Errico, who was born on 22 November 1939 in
Hamburg, and her cousin, Renee Maria Lubowski, née Skrzypczynski, (the daughter of Leo
Skrzypczynski), who was born on 17 March 1938 in Berlin.
Source: https://www.crt-ii.org