{"id":518,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=518"},"modified":"2024-01-17T11:14:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T11:14:39","slug":"kleiner-harry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/kleiner-harry\/","title":{"rendered":"Kleiner, Harry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Flight Engineer, 57 Squadron
Service number 1455874
Died 23 May 1943
Buried Leeuwarden Jewish Cemetery, Netherlands
Age 32<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harry was born on 8 June 1911 in Wandsworth to Austrian born Joseph and Esther n\u00e9e Sonnschein. Joseph and Esther became naturalised British citizens and initially owned an incandescent gas light fittings company before becoming the owners of an enamelled hardware company. In 1939, the family were living at 19 Hampstead Way, Hendon and Harry was working as the warehouse foreman. Harry had one brother Mark who also served in the RAF and married Phyllis Hirschfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n