Given the question: Facts: - known for: winning compensation from i.g. farben - death date: 01 november 1998 - birth date: 26 april 1913 - name: norbert wollheim - nationality: german - death place: new york , usa - religion: judaism - birth place: berlin , germany - occupation: accountant Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of norbert wollheim .
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norbert wollheim -lrb- 1913 in berlin -- 1998 in new york -rrb- was a chartered accountant , tax advisor , previously a board member of the central council of jews in germany and a functionary of other jewish organisations .norbert wollheim grew up in berlin .he studied jurisprudence and political economy , but had to cease his studies in 1933 because of his jewish origin .he then worked as a welder for a metal export firm until the outbreak of war in 1938 .during that same period he played a key role in running the kindertransport which transported 10,000 jewish children out of the nazi 's reach and into safety .wollheim engaged himself strongly in the jewish life and became a managing director of the federation of .after the night of the november pogroms known as in 1938 , he helped to organise the transports of jewish children to great britain and sweden .until 1941 he was responsible for the vocational training schools of the reichsvereinigung der juden in deutschland and adviser on the training relating to crafts of jewish germans .from september 1941 wollheim worked at a transportation equipment factory in lichtenberg , berlin .