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61. 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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62. Sonja Speyer Echt papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.260.1
Date:
inclusive: 1927-2014
…Sonja Speyer Echt (born Sofie Speyer or Speier, 1926-) was born on 20 August 1926 in Guxhagen, Germany to Emanuel and Betty Speyer. Emanuel (1884…
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 …, originally of Guxhagen, Germany, including her childhood in Guxhagen, immigration to the United States in February 1938 on a Kindertransport, and her efforts…
63. Ellen Kaufmann Boucher papers
2018.38.2 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2018.38.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2014
…Ellen Kaufmann Boucher (1920-2014) was born to Hermann (1882-1942) and Ella (née Barth, 1890-1920) Kaufmann in Mainz, Germany. Hermann Kaufmann, a…
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 …, prewar and wartime photographs of her family in Mainz, Germany, and a transcript of an interview she gave in 1995. Languages: English, German…
64. Hannah Deutch papers
2006.498.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 24
Document | Accession Number: 2006.498.1
Date:
inclusive: 1884-2005
…Hannelore (Hannah) Kronheim was born in Dusseldorf, Germany, on July 3, 1922, to Alfred and Ella Paula (born 1896) Kronheim. When she was two, the…
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 … Abstract: The Hannah Deutch papers consist of photographs and personal items relating to Hannah’s family prior to World War II. Hannah escaped Germany via a…
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  • Series 3: Postwar 1995-2005
    • File 2: Information on Bochum, Germany 1995-2002 [On Campus Only]
    65. Lilienthal family papers
    2016.348.1 Box 1 Folder 17 Image 87
    Document | Accession Number: 2016.348.1
    Date:
    inclusive: 1909-circa 2013
    …The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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     …-approximately 2013 Accession number: 2016.348.1 Creator: Lilienthal (Family : Mönchengladbach, Germany) Extent: 1.0 linear foot (2 boxes) Repository: United…
    66. Lotte Seligmann family papers
    2019.129.1 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 1
    Document | Accession Number: 2019.129.1
    Date:
    inclusive: circa 1916-1995
    bulk: 1924-1944
    …Lotte Seligmann (1912-1994) was born on 1 January 1912 in Marsberg, Germany to Adolf (b. 1878) and Emma (née Weitzenkorn, b. 1883). She had one…
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     … material and photographs primarily documenting the pre-war life of Lotte Seligmann of Marsberg, Germany, including her studies and career as a nurse in…
    67. Anthony Acevedo papers
    2010.440.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 5
    Document | Accession Number: 2010.440.1
    Date:
    inclusive: 1935-2012
    Special Collection:
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    …, Stalag IX-B, in Bad Orb, Germany. Tony was prisoner number 27016. He was interrogated for several hours by a German officer in English and Spanish, and…
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     …, and was ordered to surrender. They were taken to Stalag IX‐B in Bad Orb, Germany, where conditions were terrible. He was selected as part of a group…
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    • Series 1: Anthony Acevedo papers Circa 1935-Circa 2012
      • File 1: Diary 1945
    68. Norbert Wollheim papers
    Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0031
    Date:
    inclusive: circa 1900-1998
    …Norbert Wollheim was born in Berlin, Germany, on April 26, 1913 to Jewish parents. His father was a veteran of World War I, 1914-1918. Norbert was…
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     … Britain. Wollheim continued to work for the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Union of Jews in Germany). In 1941 he was drafted to perform forced…
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    69. 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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    70. Arthur Kerdemann papers
    1995.A.0217.3 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 3
    Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0217.3
    Date:
    inclusive: 1938-1994
    …Holocaust survivors--Germany--Dachau.…
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     … about this collection http://collections.ushmm.org Dachau (Concentration camp) Holocaust survivors‐‐Germany‐‐Dachau. Holocaust, Jewish (1939‐1945…
    71. Jäckel and Wetterhahn family papers
    2017.297.1 Book Enclosure 1 Image 5
    Document | Accession Number: 2017.297.1
    Date:
    inclusive: circa 1920-2002
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    …Julius Wetterhahn (1901-1991) was born in Hersfeld, Germany to Max (1870-1942) and Matilda (née Neuhof, 1876-1943) Wetterhahn. Julius went to the…
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     … Accession number: 2017.297.1 Creator: Jäckel (Family : Herzfeld, Germany) Additional creator: Wetterhahn (Family : Kassel, Germany) Extent: 1.5 linear feet (1…
    72. Hildegard Vicktor papers
    2015.531.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 1
    Document | Accession Number: 2015.531.1
    Date:
    inclusive: circa 1910-circa 2013
    …Hildegard (Hilde) Vicktor (1909-2012) was born in Böchingen, Germany, just outside Landau, to wine merchant Eugene Kern (1877-1935) and his wife…
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     … visits to Germany. Languages: German, English Administrative Information Access: Collection is open for use, but is stored offsite. Please…
    73. Hess and Spier families papers
    2016.461.1 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 2
    Document | Accession Number: 2016.461.1
    Date:
    inclusive: circa 1903-2010
    …Hannah Spier Hess was born on 12 February 1934 in Hannover, Germany, the daughter of Alfred Spier (1900-1937), a teacher, and Ruth (née Steinberg…
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     …, Germany, and his wife, Hannah Spier Hess, originally of Wolfenbüttel, Germany, relating the experiences of their families who fled Germany in 1939 due to…
    74. 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…
    75. 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…
    76. 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
    Special Collection:
    Save Their Stories
    …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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    77. Honig family papers
    2002.70.2 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 1
    Document | Accession Number: 2002.70.2
    Date:
    inclusive: 1929-2002
    …Jack (Heinz) Honig (1921-2012) was born in Alsenz, Germany, to Julius (1886-1924) and Rudolfine (née Sternheimer, 1889-1942) Honig. He was imprisoned…
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     … (Family : Alsenz, Germany) Extent: 0.5 linear foot (1 box) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
    78. 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…
    79. Frank Shurman collection
    1995.A.0362 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 9
    Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0362
    Date:
    inclusive: 1934-1994
    …Frank Shurman (1915-1999) was born Fritz Schürmann in Hildesheim, Germany to Willy and Alma Schürmann. His father owned a custom-tailoring business…
    80. Ellen Kaidanow papers
    2017.525. 1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 18
    Document | Accession Number: 2017.525.1
    Date:
    inclusive: 1938-circa 1998
    …, Ellen, posing as her cousin Victor’s sister, and Victor were sent to an orphanage in Prien am Chiemsee, Germany. They immigrated with other orphans to the…
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     … Germany, including in the Bad Reichenall displaced persons camp; and a photograph of Ellen with her Christian nanny, Lena Dudzinski, who sheltered her…