Some key events in Paul Bonart's Life...

1910 Born in Neu Daberstedt, Germany.
1922 Moved to Jenna.
1927 Began working for Zeiss.
1934 (January) Transferred to Hamburg, Germany.
1934 (June) Transferred to Berlin and meets Bertha.
1935 (June) Arrested by Gestapo.
1936 (January) Put on trial at Supreme State Court of Prussia. Sentenced to, and served, 2 years in the maximum security prison in Luckau.
1937 (July) Released from Luckau, and transferred to Gestapo Headquarters in Berlin.
1937 (August) Released from Gestapo.
1937 (December) Escaped with Bertha to Switzerland.
1938 (April) Meeting with ISK in Paris, France.
1938 (May) Arrived in London, England, on a temporary visitor visa.
1938 (November) Stayed in U.S. for 5 months (until visitor visa nearly expired).
1939 (April) Arrived in Brazil.
1939 (June) Bertha joins Paul in Rio de Janiero.
1939 (July) Obtains permanent resident status.
1939 (September) Hitler invades Poland and starts WWII.
1939 (November) Paul and Bertha marry in Rio.


Epilogue: Timeline from 1939 to the Present