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21. Bier family papers
2016.522. 1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2016.522.1
Date:
inclusive: 1891-2008
… linen store. They immigrated to the United States with 1941. Siegfried lived in Berlin since 1929, and fled Germany in late 1938 for France. He was…
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 …: Bier (Family: Berlin, Germany) Extent: 7 folders Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington…
22. Harry Lindauer papers
2017.555.1 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2017.555.1
Date:
inclusive: 1918-2001
… settled in Buttenhausen, Germany in 1787, one of twenty-five Jewish families who received the right to do so from Freiherr Philipp Friedrich von Liebenstein…
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 … (born Heinz Lindauer), including his childhood in Buttenhausen and Darmstadt, Germany, his immigration to the United States in 1936, his military…
23. Ruth Miller papers
2006.473.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 109
Document | Accession Number: 2006.473.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1893-2003
…Ruth Kittel was born on July 21, 1927, in Berlin, Germany, to Josef and Marie (Maria) Ritter Kittel. Josef Kittel, a businessman and World War I…
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 … Germany, and in America. The third album also include photographs of the Kittel family, their ancestors, Josef Kittel in uniform during World War I (with…
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24. Wolf and Schlesinger families papers
2016.160.1 Box 6 Folder 16 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2016.160.1
Date:
inclusive: 1846-2008
bulk: 1924-1972
…Rudolf Wolf (1907-2005) was born in Frankfurt, Germany to Hermann (1877-1970) and Ella (born Gisella Moser, 1886-1972) Wolf. He had one brother…
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 … (bulk 1924-1972) Accession number: 2016.160.1 Creator: Wolf, Rudolf (Frankfurt :Germany) Schlesinger Wolf, Gretel (Frankfurt :Germany) Extent: 3.25 linear…
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25. Adler and Cohn families papers
2018.393.1 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 77
Document | Accession Number: 2018.393.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1910-2018
…Ernst Cohn (later Ernest Cornell, 1907-1986) was born on 24 December 1907 in Münster, Germany to Carl (d. 1959) and Johanna Cohn. He had several…
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 … Accession number: 2018.393.1 Creator: Adler (Family: Bad Mergentheim, Germany) Additional creator: Cohn (Family: Münster, Germany) Extent: 3.93 linear feet…
26. Percy Brand papers
2006.133.4 Box 3 Folder 1 Image 45a
Document | Accession Number: 2006.133.4
Date:
inclusive: 1920-2003
bulk: 1945-1985
… Orchestra. In August 1940, the Soviet Union annexed Latvia. In spring 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union and, by July 1941, Riga was occupied by German…
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 …) and Mendel (1933-1941). In August 1940, the Soviet Union annexed Latvia. In spring 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union and, by July 1941, Riga was…
27. Isidor Gross papers
2012.433.1 Box 1 Folder 20 Image 8
Document | Accession Number: 2012.433.1
Date:
inclusive: 1921-1997
bulk: 1936-1945
…Isidore (later Edward) Gross was born on October 31, 1921, in Aachen, Germany, to Markus and Ida Reiter Gross. Markus was born on July 27, 1895, in…
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 …, Germany for the United States and successfully rescued his mother and two younger siblings from a holding camp. Included in this collection are several…
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28. John and Harriet Isaack papers
1992.53.45 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 24
Document | Accession Number: 1992.53.45
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1991
… costume seamstress Harriet Bondy (1909-2003), born in Hohenlimburg to Hermann and Olga Bondy. The couple married in 1937 and left Germany for Shanghai…
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 … documenting the Isaack’s escape from Germany, life in occupied Shanghai, and immigration to the United States. Languages: English, German, Chinese…
29. Anne Ranasinghe papers
2018.627.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2018.627.1
Date:
inclusive: 1914-2017
bulk: 1936-2017
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…Anne Ranasinghe (1925-2016) was born Anneliese Henriette Katz on 2 October 1925 in Essen, Germany to Jewish parents Emil and Anna Katz. Emil Katz…
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 …, writings, and photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Anne Ranasinghe (born Anneliese Katz), originally of Essen, Germany, including her…
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30. Lothar Kahn papers
1995.125.14 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 1995.125.14
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2004
…Louis Hane (1910‐1979) was born Lothar Kahn in Lollar, Germany, to Albert and Regina Kahn and had an older sister named Leni. He became a Social…
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 … materials, a personal narrative, and photographs documenting Louis Hane, born Lothar Kahn, of Lollar, Germany, his marriage to Maria Dort, who was not…
31. Nass family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.464.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2018
bulk: 1931-1944
…Max Nass (1905-1977) was born on 16 February 1905 in Straubing, Germany to Abraham and Rosa Nass. His father, Abraham (also known as Adolf, 1870-1943…
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 … number: 2019.464.2 Creator: Nass (Family : Regensburg, Germany) Additional creator: Goldmeier (Family : Lichtenfels, Germany) Extent: 9 folders Repository…
32. Charlene Schiff papers
Document | Accession Number: 1987.A.0028.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-2004
bulk: 1945-1951
… Poland in September 1939, Horochów was occupied by the Russians. In June 1941 Germany declared war on the Soviet Union, and Horochów was occupied by German…
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 … Poland in September 1939, Horochów was occupied by the Russians. In June 1941 Germany declared war on the Soviet Union, and Horochów was occupied by German…
33. Max and Mathilde Maier family papers
1998.A.0065 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0056
Date:
inclusive: 1866-1998
… Weimar Germany. He married Anna Margarete Grätz in 1914, and the couple had three children: Hanna (1915‐2003), Heinrich (Henry, 1918‐2005), and Margarete…
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 … (1889‐ 1937) was a lawyer and prominent figure in social reform and welfare in Weimar Germany. He married Anna Margarete Grätz in 1914, and the couple…
34. Blumenthal family papers
1993.104.11 Box 1 Folder 11 Image 27
Document | Accession Number: 1993.104.11
Date:
inclusive: 1901-circa 1993
bulk: 1901-1956
…Bernhard Blumenthal (b. 1863, Germany) was a farmer born in Hüttengesäß, Germany (a district in Ronneburg) to Moses and Jette Blumenthal. Bernhard…
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 … Dates: 1901‐approximately 1993 (bulk 1901‐1956) Accession number: 1993.104.11 Creator: Blumenthal (Family : Hüttengesäß, Germany) Extent: 0…
35. Herbert A. Fierst papers
2006.8.1 Box 3 Folder 8 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2006.8.1
Date:
inclusive: 1922-2004
… college and spent some time in Nazi Germany before returning to the States to study law and join the army. He worked in the legal department of the Supreme…
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 … Herbert kept while traveling in Germany in 1935 and 1936, writings and speeches about Nazi Germany and postwar displaced persons issues, McCarthy‐era…
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36. Holub, Glaser, and Ornstein families papers
2019.320.1 Box 5 Folder 5 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2019.320.1
Date:
inclusive: 1917-2006
… Generali and paperwork with the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, Inc. Series 2. Immigration papers include paperwork related to Arno…
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 … regarding Josef’s life insurance with Assicurazioni Generali and paperwork with the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, Inc. Series 2…
37. 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…
38. 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…
39. Otto and Erna Stein family papers
2000.229.1 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 17
Document | Accession Number: 2000.229.1
Date:
inclusive: 1889-2000
… aunt, Wilhelm and Flora Stein, in Berlin-Neukölln, London, and then Chicago. These letters describe immigration efforts and life in Nazi Germany…
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 … in Nazi Germany Additional correspondence files include postcards congratulating Justine Selig and her family upon her engagement in 1896 and letters…
40. Falik family papers
2016.303.4 Box 4 Folder 1 Image 50
Document | Accession Number: 2016.303.4
Date:
inclusive: 1927-2000
bulk: 1930-1947
…, Deborah, and one brother, Eli. Leon studied medicine in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and Warsaw, Poland. He worked in Warsaw until 1939 when Germany invaded…
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 … photographs of post-war Germany and Europe, and the WAC. Languages: Polish, English, Russian, German, Yiddish, Hebrew Administrative Information Access…
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