Object numberM2019/035:012
DescriptionReport to council meeting from B’nai B’rith district no. 21 in April 1975, regarding monthly visits to Wollongong to support the Jewish Community there. The visits were encouraged by Mr Warner Reed, a member of the Masada Lodge in Sydney, who lived in Wollongong from the 1950s to late 1960s. Warner was President of the South Coast Hebrew Congregation for seven years and also active in the community as President of the Corrimal Rotary Club from 1965 until his move back to Sydney. By 1975 there were few Jewish families left in Wollongong. The South Coast Synagogue was eventually incorporated into the Illawarra Synagogue in the early 1980s.
This document is part of a collection documenting significant events from the establishment of the South Coast Hebrew Congregation in 1961 to its closure in 1981. The collection was donated in memory of Warner Reed z”l.
Warner Reed (Werner Otto Roehricht) was born 31 December 1924 in Stettin, Germany, but soon moved to Magdeburg. Following the loss of his father’s job, their German nationality and rights, Warner and his immediate family immigrated to Sydney on 18 August 1937, with the new name of Reed (a direct translation). He was 12 years old. During the war, Warner’s paternal aunt, uncle and three of his cousins perished in Auschwitz. Part of the family made it to Palestine, others to Austral and others to Argentina.
Warner met his wife Ursula by chance on a bus in Sydney in 1943. He recognised her as his group leader in the German-Jewish Youth in Magdeburg. They were engaged in 1944, ten years after they had originally met, and married in May 1945.
In the early 1950s, the Reed family moved to Wollongong and became influential in the Jewish community there. He moved back to Sydney to be better support his children.
This document is part of a collection documenting significant events from the establishment of the South Coast Hebrew Congregation in 1961 to its closure in 1981. The collection was donated in memory of Warner Reed z”l.
Warner Reed (Werner Otto Roehricht) was born 31 December 1924 in Stettin, Germany, but soon moved to Magdeburg. Following the loss of his father’s job, their German nationality and rights, Warner and his immediate family immigrated to Sydney on 18 August 1937, with the new name of Reed (a direct translation). He was 12 years old. During the war, Warner’s paternal aunt, uncle and three of his cousins perished in Auschwitz. Part of the family made it to Palestine, others to Austral and others to Argentina.
Warner met his wife Ursula by chance on a bus in Sydney in 1943. He recognised her as his group leader in the German-Jewish Youth in Magdeburg. They were engaged in 1944, ten years after they had originally met, and married in May 1945.
In the early 1950s, the Reed family moved to Wollongong and became influential in the Jewish community there. He moved back to Sydney to be better support his children.
Production placeAustralia
Production date 1975 - 1975
Object nameofficial reports
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 206.00 mm
height: 277.00 mm
Language
- English
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ursula Reed. This object was donated in memory of Warner Reed z"l