Overview
- Description
- Collection consists of documents, photographs and correspondence pertaining to Martha and Eric Jacoby and their sons Gerhard and Kurt who were forced to flee Berlin in late November 1938 and settle in Shanghai, China, where they stayed until 1947. The collection also includes photographs of Herta and Paul Berghausen and their daughter Hannelore (later Ann Jacoby), as well as extended family in pre-war Hamm, Germany before the immediate family fled to the United States in 1938.
- Date
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inclusive:
1931-1947
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ann and Kurt Jacoby
- Collection Creator
- Kurt Jacoby
Ann Jacoby
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Photographs.
- Extent
-
1 box
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was doanted to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Ann and Kurt Jacoby.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:25:25
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524368
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