About the Family

Franz SCHACHTER, a medical doctor, and his wife Feiga were living in Figueira da Foz, Portugal, in the summer of 1940.

Dr. SCHACHTER joined other SCHACHTER family members aboard the vessel Serpa Pinto traveling from Lisbon to New York in January 1941.

Mrs. SCHACHTER followed later via Cuba, sailing on the vessel Copiapo from Havana to New York in October 1941.