Biography
Erna Jacobi was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at the Alien Detention Station in New Orleans, Algiers, Louisiana, on February 29, 1944. The Department of Justice/INS roster names Jacobi, Erna in its German section, with historical age 35 and occupation housewife. The internment serial field is blank in this row. This establishes administrative wartime civilian confinement in the United States, not a criminal conviction, citizenship, political-party membership, first admission date, final release or total custody. The listed age is historical, not a present-day age; the From column is not treated as citizenship.
Erna Jacobi was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at the Alien Detention Station in New Orleans, Algiers, Louisiana, on February 29, 1944. The Department of Justice/INS roster names Jacobi, Erna in its German section, with historical age 35 and occupation housewife. The internment serial field is blank in this row. This establishes administrative wartime civilian confinement in the United States, not a criminal conviction, citizenship, political-party membership, first admission date, final release or total custody. The listed age is historical, not a present-day age; the From column is not treated as citizenship. Individually named in actual civilian custody at the Alien Detention Station, New Orleans/Algiers, Louisiana, on February 29, 1944. The roster date is an observation of existing detention, not a first admission or sentencing date. Final release and total actual confinement remain unknown.
DOJ/INS civilian custody roster, February 29, 1944, New Orleans/Algiers printed page 2 / PDF 9.