Kurt Reinfeld

     Kurt Reinfeld was born on 12 November 1914, in Vienna, Austria. He graduated in 1936 with an Engineering diploma in mechanical engineering.¹ After receiving his degree he was employed by the Zentral-Europaeischen-Laenderbank in their Coke and Coal Division as a heating engineer.¹ He married Hedy Dicker, daughter of Nikolaus Dicker and Charlotte Blumenstein, on Sunday, 10 July 1938 in Vienna, Austria. After the German Anschluss of Austria Kurt and Hedy went into hiding outside of Vienna.¹ Shortly thereafter Kurt was able to go to England where he was given a job in Sandwich as a mechanical engineer to help construct the Lord Kitchener Camp.¹ In Dec 1939 Kurt and Hedy finally received their visas for America and on the 30th of that month they sailed to on the ship "Britannic" arriveing on the 10th of January 1940. On the official entry documents they both indicated they could read English and that the closest relative was father-in-law, Nicholas Dicker, living at Schulerstrasse 22 (or 21) in Vienna. They had $180 (which was about average of what other immigrants had). Their contact was a cousin, Leo Rosenman, who lived at 61 (or 67) 2nd Street, Huntington Station, NY. After a two week stay they traveled by bus to Pittsburgh.^1,2 In Pittsburgh at first he was a helper in an auto repair shop, and then he worked at the Duquesne Smelting Corporation.¹ Kurt Reinfeld was employed between 1941 and 1983 in Pittsburgh, PA, Koppers as an engineer and created 50 patents.¹ He was retired in 1983 from Koppers.¹ He died on 19 June 2000 in Pittsburgh, PA, at age 85.³ The cause of his death was a stroke.³ An obituary was published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in Pittsburgh, PA, on 21 June 2000.³ To view the notice, please click here.³