Josef Halberstein

Josef Heinrich Halberstein was born on  November 6, 1917 in Vienna. His parents were  the commercial clerk Osias  ( Oskar, Joshua or Yehoshua) and Chaya ( Rachel) Halberstein. Josef Heinrich had an older brother - Daniel, born on January 1, 1913. Josef Heinrich Halberstein studied at the Hochschule f r Welthandel in the winter semester 1935/36 and winter semester 1937/38. He took his last exams in June and October 1937. He was no longer able to attend the last semester of the diploma course. After the 'Anschluss' Österreichs he had to leave the university without a diploma due to his Jewish descent. He left the apartment at Marktgasse 3/3/3 (9th district of Vienna), where he had been registered since 1935, on July 16, 1938 to emigrate to Jerusalem, as stated in the registration documents of the City of Vienna.