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1. Rothstern family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.186.3
Date:
inclusive: 1901-1960
… employees. In February 1939, Irma left Germany via the Brenner Pass into Italy, from which she travelled to China, arriving in Shanghai in March of that…
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 … cards, letters of reference, photographs, and other items, that primarily document the lives of Irma Rothstern and her son Heinz, of Hamburg, Germany…
2. Harpuder family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2010.240.1
Date:
inclusive: 1915-1952
…Ralf Heinz Harpuder was born on April 12, 1934, in Berlin, Germany, to Hans (Hern) and Gerda Lewin Harpuder. Hans was born on November 26, 1901, in…
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 …-2126 Abstract: The Harpuder family papers documents the experiences of the Harpuder family in Berlin, Germany and Shanghai, China, 1915-1952; as well as…
3. Rabbi William Z. Dalin family papers
2005.108.2 Box 1 Folder 20 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2005.108.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1872-1968
bulk: 1938-1948
… the United States Army and served as a chaplain, first in Phoenix, Arizona and then India. From March 1946-1947 he was stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany…
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 … regarding his deployment in post-war Wiesbaden, Germany; post-war correspondence of his wife Bella Dalin; wartime correspondence of Helene Dreydel with her…
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4. William Malsh papers
1994.A.0027.1 Box 1 Folder 28 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0027.1
Date:
inclusive: 1915-circa 1993
bulk: 1937-1941
… sources differ as to whether they were sent to Theresienstadt, Łódź, or Auschwitz. Uncle Ernst managed to escape Germany to Shanghai in 1939.…
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 … William Malsh papers consist of letters his parents sent him from Düsseldorf describing their efforts to escape Nazi Germany. Additional correspondence…
5. Cohn, Heinemann, and Rhée families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.210.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-2016
…Else Henriette Rhée (née Heinemann, 1887-1978) was born on 25 October 1887 in Lüneburg, Germany to Robert Simon (1856-1920) and Selma (née Sternau, d…
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 …: circa 1890-2016 Accession number: 2019.210.2 Creator: Cohn (Family : Berlin, Germany) Additional creator: Heinemann (Family : Lüneburg, Germany…
6. Charlotte Sonnenberg papers
1988.41.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1988.41.1 | RG Number: RG-10.275
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1941
…Charlotte Alexander (1910-1999?, née Lichtendorf) was born on 22 January 1910 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany to Regina and Emmanuel Lichtendorf…
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 … following Kristallnacht, identification cards of Charlotte’s from Leipzig, Germany and Shanghai, China, and a photograph of Herbert’ tombstone in Shanghai…
7. Eva Hirschel family papers
2016.351.1 Box 1 Folder 22 Image 30
Document | Accession Number: 2016.351.1
Date:
inclusive: 1914-2006
bulk: 1914-1975
…Hedwig Hirschel (born Hedwig Küchler) was born on 28 May 1902 in Glogau Schlesien, Germany (present-day Głogów, Poland) to Hirsch Leib and Elise (née…
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 …, her daughter Eva, her husband Max, and his son Horst in Breslau, Germany (present-day Wrocław, Poland) until 1940 and Shanghai, China from 1940-1947…
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8. Chaim and Rita Wind collection
2017.372.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 25
Document | Accession Number: 2017.372.1
Date:
inclusive: 1937-1952
…), Margot (1918-2018), and Rosa (1920-2009), were born in Germany. The Wind's maintained a religious household and Chaim grew up attending both secular and…
9. Charnitzki family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2014.415.1
Date:
inclusive: 1902-1956
bulk: 1939-1947
… Holocaust. Paula's mother, Hilda Israelski, did not want to leave Germany and also perished. In 1947, the Charnitzkis were sponsored by distant relatives in…
10. Hertha Wolff Hellmann papers
1994.62 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 1994.62
Date:
inclusive: 1899-1952
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … collection http://collections.ushmm.org Jews‐‐Germany‐‐Berlin. Jewish refugees‐‐China‐‐Shanghai. Jewish children in the Holocaust‐‐China‐‐Shanghai…
11. Hans Praschkauer papers
Document | Accession Number: 2006.398.1
Date:
inclusive: 1920-2002
…Heinz Praschkauer (later Hans, 1919-2004) was born in Oels, Germany (now Oleśnica, Poland), to Georg (later George, 1878-1956) and Babetha (later…
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 …, writings, and printed material relating to Hans Praschkauer and his family’s pre-war life in Breslau, Germany (currently Wrocław, Poland) and their…
12. Annemarie Warschauer papers
2012.244.1 Box 2 Folder 10 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2012.244.1
Date:
inclusive: 1896-2003
bulk: 1912-1952
…Annemarie Alexander was born on August 3, 1920, in Berlin, Germany, to Isadore and Anna Hirschensohn Alexander, who was born in 1890. Isadore, born…
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 …‐2003 (bulk 1912‐1952) Accession number: 2012.244.1 Creator: Warschauer, Anne (Berlin :Germany) Extent: 1 linear foot (3 boxes, 1 oversize…
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13. Stolz and White families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.447.2
Date:
inclusive: 1900-2003
bulk: 1940-1960
…Berlin (Germany)…
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 …)--Reparations. Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai. 5 Jewish children in the Holocaust--Diaries. Geographic: Vienna (Austria) Shanghai (China) Berlin (Germany…
14. Hauer and Honig families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.439.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-1976
bulk: 1930-1947
…Gunter Hauer was born on 7 May 1919 in Berlin, Germany to Dagobert and Gertrud Hauer. Dagobert (b. 1873) was born in Vandsburg, Germany (Więcbork…
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 … (bulk 1930-1947) Accession number: 2019.439.1 Creator: Hauer (Family : Berlin, Germany) Additional creator: Honig (Family : Berlin, Germany) Extent: .5…
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15. Herman Löwenberg family papers
2001.177 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2001.177
Date:
inclusive: 1926-1965
… in February 1937, bypassing the quota system by exchanging properties with a couple in Portland, Oregon who wanted to move to Germany. The Löwenbergs…
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 … the United States, the efforts of their family members to emigrate from Germany as well, and their efforts to recover or receive compensation for assets…
16. Nachum family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.505.1
Date:
inclusive: 1902-1988
… Ronald) from Germany to the United States, via Shanghai, 1939-1947. Includes school records from Shanghai for Uri Nachum (1943-1946), U.S. naturalization…
17. Meyerstein and Echt families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.393.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-2015
bulk: 1930-1983
…Werner Meyerstein (1919-2001) was born on 24 July 1919 in Bremke, Germany to Hermann and Selma (née Wolff) Meyerstein. He had one sister, Gerda…
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 … 1930-1983) Accession number: 2019.393.1 Creator: Meyerstein (Family : Bremke, Germany) Additional creator: Echt (Family : Primorye, Kaliningrad Oblast…
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18. Heinz Praeger papers
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0187.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1918-2018
bulk: 1939-1947
…Karl Heinz Praeger (1911-1997) was born on July 7, 1911 in Berlin, Germany to Siegfried (1880-1943) and Rosa Praeger (1877-1939). He had an older…
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 … Abstract: The Heinz Praeger papers include biographical materials, photographs, and printed materials documenting Heinz Praeger, his prewar life in Germany…
19. Leo Arnfeld papers
1990.16.99 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 17
Document | Accession Number: 1990.16.99
Date:
inclusive: 1920-1958
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … (Poland) Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China) Kōbe-shi (Japan) Munich (Germany) Vilnius (Lithuania) Photographs. CONTAINER LIST Series 1: Biographical materials…
20. Arnold Hartmann correspondence
2000.63 Box 1 Folder 18 Image 21
Document | Accession Number: 2000.63
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1949
…Arnold Hartmann (1878-1962) was born in Schildberg, Germany, to Solomon Hartmann and Rosalia Grabowski. The family settled in Boston, MA in 1880…
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 … Breslau cousins flee Germany during the Holocaust and either join their relatives who had already emigrated to Shanghai or South America or immigrate to…