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1. Paper merchandise bag from a clothing store run by Austrian Jewish women
2017.480.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.480.6
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1920-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February
… of complications in the 1930s. After Hilda’s birth, Arthur worked briefly in Germany, while Pauline worked from home, sewing for a girdle factory…
2. Card with 48 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee
2018.258.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.258.4
Date:
creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February
… of complications in the 1930s. After Herta’s oldest sister, Hilda (1901-1942), was born, Arthur, worked briefly in Germany, while Pauline worked from…
3. Card with 48 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee
2018.258.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.258.5
Date:
creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February
… of complications in the 1930s. After Herta’s oldest sister, Hilda (1901-1942), was born, Arthur, worked briefly in Germany, while Pauline worked from…
4. Manfred Marcuse papers
Document | Accession Number: 2004.35.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1940
…Manfred Marcuse was born on April 17, 1927, in Berlin, Germany. His father, Bruno Marcuse, owned and ran a construction business. His mother, Hedwig…
5. Dingfelder family papers
1994.A.0024 Box 2 Folder 2 Image 13
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0024 | RG Number: RG-10.105
Date:
inclusive: circa 1884-1966
bulk: circa 1914-1966
…Sigbert Dingfelder (1891-1978) was born Neustadt an der Aisch in Bavaria, Germany to Emma (née Gunderheimer, b. 1865) and August Dingfelder (b. 1862…
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 …-1966) Accession number: 1994.A.0024 Creator: Dingfelder family (Nürnberg :Germany) Neu family (Nürnberg :Germany) Extent: .5 linear feet (2 boxes, 1…
6. Trudy Katzer papers
2005.175.1 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 203
Document | Accession Number: 2005.175.1
Date:
inclusive: 1914-1976
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… (Grete) Katz. Walther was born on December 12, 1906, in Kesselbach, Germany, where his parents, Simon and Malchen Katzenstein Schoenfeld, had a farm. He…
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 … Margareta were living in Germany, but deciding that it would be too dangerous to remain, they moved to Amsterdam in 1936. In 1939, Trudy was born. After the…
7. Loewy family papers
2016.167.1 Box 1 Folder 37 Image 112
Document | Accession Number: 2016.167.1
Date:
inclusive: 1836-2014
bulk: 1904-1948
…Paul Loewy (born Alfred Paul Loewy, 1905-1946) was born in Berlin, Germany to Hermann and Else (born Sara, née Lasker) Loewy. He had three siblings…
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 ….167.1 Creator: Loewy family (Berlin :Germany) Extent: .5 linear feet (1 box; 2 oversize folders) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100…
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8. Gerald Rosenstein family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.313.1
Date:
inclusive: 1845-2009
…Gerald Rosenstein (1927-2016) was born Gerhard Rosenstein on May 21, 1927 in Bensheim, Germany to Max Rosenstein (1893-1959) and Sophie Rosenstein…
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 …, originally of Bensheim, Germany, who was a survivor of Gleiwitz III subcamp of Auschwitz II (Auschwitz-Birkenau). The collection also documents his parents Max…
9. Levi, Kronthal, and Eis families papers
2012.444.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2012.444.1
Date:
inclusive: 1867-2010
… completed his high school education in Germany, pursued aviation studies in the Netherlands, and immigrated to the United States in 1936. He served with the…
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 …, sermons, writings, speeches, and books documenting the lives of the Kronthal, Levi, and Eis families as they were forced to flee Germany and immigrate to…
10. Böhm and Hanau families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.336.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2012
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…Liselotte Böhm (1923-2019) was born on October 21, 1923 in Kaiserslautern, Germany to Alfred Böhm (1896-1956) and Frieda Böhm (née Hanau, 1897-1991…
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 … documents and photographs of the Böhm family of Kaiserslautern, Germany, including Liselotte Böhm and her parents Alfred Böhm and Frieda Böhm (née Hanau…
11. Irene and Henry Frank papers
2016.496.1 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2016.496.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1930-1992
…Irene Frank (nee Silberstein, b. 1927) was born in Berlin, Germany to Dr. Friedrich (Fritz) Silberstein (1890-1944) and Lotte Frank Silberstein (1903…
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 … helped a lot of Jewish families leave Germany, but ultimately it became too late for him and his family to get out. In 1941, Irene’s mother, Lotte, was…
12. Oertelt and Fromm families papers
2016.412.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 8
Document | Accession Number: 2016.412.1
Date:
inclusive: 1924-2008
…Henry Oertelt (born Arthur Karl Heinz Oertelt, 1921-2011) was born on 13 January 1921 in Berlin, Germany to Arthur and Else Oertelt. He had one…
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 … Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Henry Oertelt of Berlin, Germany…
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13. Gans family papers
2012.478.3 Book Enclosure 5 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2012.478.3
Date:
inclusive: 1900-2004
bulk: 1938-1950
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…Manfred Gans was born on April 27, 1922, in Borken, Germany, to Moritz and Else Fraenkel Gans. His family had been in Borken for over 300 years…
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 … family of Moritz and Else Gans, originally of Borken, Germany, who were living in Zandvoort in the Netherlands. Prior to the war, Moritz and Else emigrated…
14. Strauss family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.565.1
Date:
inclusive: 1792-2003
bulk: 1844-1966
…Siegfried Strauss (later Fred Strauss, 1898-1956) was born in Marburg, Germany to Hermann (1856-1934) and Johanna (née Wertheim, 1859-1942) Strauss…
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 …: 2016.565.1 Creator: Strauss family (Marburg :Germany) Extent: 1.33 linear feet (2 boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 2 book enclosures, 2 oversize folders…
15. Lenneberg and Brünell families papers
2004.566.4 Book Enclosure 1 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2004.566.4
Date:
inclusive: 1926-1947
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…Ursula Lenneberg was born on April 24, 1926, in Dortmund, Germany, but raised in Aplerbeck. Her father, Otto, was Jewish and her mother, Caroline…
16. Emanuel and Louise Suessmann papers
1999.A.0040 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0040
Date:
inclusive: 1909-1990
…, and served in World War II in the Military Intelligence Division in Germany. He married Louise (Lisl) Schwarzenberger (1907-2000), born in Maßbach to…
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 … Leipzig and Maßbach, Charlotte Süssmann’s deportation to Theresienstadt, and Emanuel Suessmann’s service in the Military Intelligence Division in Germany…
17. Abraham family papers
1996.126.3 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 1996.126.3
Date:
inclusive: 1916-1960
…Walter Abraham (1906-1979) was born in Frankenthal, Germany to a secular Jewish couple, Elsa and Julius Abraham. He was a partner in his father…
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 … Frankenthal, Germany to a secular Jewish couple, Elsa and Julius Abraham. He was a partner in his father’s furniture business and later became a partner at the…
18. Majerowicz family papers
1995.A.0151 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0151
Date:
inclusive: 1911-1991
…Arthur and Marie Majerowicz lived in Berlin, Germany and had three children: Kurt, Irma, and Ruth. Arthur worked as a draftsman by trade, but as…
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 …. Processing history: Michael Folkerts, July 2015 Biographical note Arthur and Marie Majerowicz lived in Berlin, Germany and had three children: Kurt, Irma…
19. Stephen J. Fraenkel papers
2017.556.1 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2017.556.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1830-2016
bulk: 1937-1948
…Stephen Joseph Fraenkel (born Stefan, 1917-2002) was born on 28 November 1917 in Berlin, Germany to Max and Martha Fraenkel. His father Max (born…
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 … experiences of Stephen Fraenkel of Berlin, Germany including his immigration to the United States in 1938 with the financial aid of the Sigma Alpha Mu Jewish…
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20. Hana Wieder collection.
Document | Accession Number: 2000.406.1
Date:
creation: 1929-1956
… business in Kalisz, Poland. Four of his siblings left Germany and settled in Palestine. Sometime in 1930, Konrad received German citizenship, married Hudes…
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 … in the Polish territory will be shorter than six months, includes red ink round stamp with Polish eagle of the Polish Consulate, Breslau, Germany…