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1. Henry F. Kahn collection of Holocaust-era mail
1990.183.64 Box 2 Folder 4 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1990.183.64
Date:
inclusive: circa 1932-1985
… paternal grandmother, Hedwig Kahn (1862-1943), remained in Germany and perished at Theresienstadt.…
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 … paternal grandmother, Hedwig Kahn (1862-1943), remained in Germany and perished at Theresienstadt. Scope and content of collection The Henry F. Kahn…
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  • Series 1: Concentration camp mail Approximate 1934-Approximate 1985, 1934-1945 Bulk
    • File 3: Concentration Camp Sachsenhausen Approximate 1938-Approximate 1985
      • Pages: 2
2. 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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3. Paul Tauchner document collection
1996.7.11 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 1996.7.11
Date:
inclusive: circa 1938-1946
… army propaganda leaflet, documents regarding restrictions on Rosa Block (1867-1942) as a Jewish woman in Germany, and it also includes photographs of…
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 … primarily documents restrictions on Rosa Block (1867‐ 1942) as a Jewish woman in Germany, and it also includes photographs of Karl Hermann Frank, a postcard…
4. 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…
5. 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…
6. 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…
7. Gerda Schild Haas papers
1989.048 Box 1 Folder 16 Image 20
Document | Accession Number: 1989.048 | RG Number: RG-02.016
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1946
…Gerda Schild Haas was born in 1922 in Ansbach, Germany to Siegfried and Paula Schild. Her family was forced to sell their home after Kristallnacht…
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 … Jewish persecution in Berlin from 1940‐1943 and correspondence among Gerda’s family members documenting their efforts to leave Germany from 1939‐1941 and…
8. Dr. Willy Katz papers
1990.88.11 Box 2 Folder 3 Image 21
Document | Accession Number: 1990.88.11
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880-1988
bulk: 1902-1950
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … files, 1929‐1945 Indexing terms Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Jews‐‐Germany‐‐Dresden. Jewish physicians…
9. 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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10. Lissberger family papers
1995.A.0268 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 25
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0268
Date:
inclusive: 1901-1957
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…Emil Lissberger (1873-1942) married Klara Sämann in 1899 in Sugenheim, Germany. They had one son, Moritz (Maurice) in 1901. Emil worked at a Savings…
11. 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…
12. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 [funfzig] kronen note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee
2012.425.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.425.3
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
emigration: 1941 June
… born in 1886, in Varnsdorf, and was a member of the German-speaking Jewish population in the, the Sudetenalnd, which bordered Germany. Leonard was a…
13. Blau family papers
2005.517.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 2005.517.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1954
… to Kurzbach labor camp, a subcamp of Gross Rosen, where they were put to work digging ditches for the defense of Germany. Gertrude contracted typhoid…
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 … Germany. Gertrude contracted typhoid fever. Around January 1945, the Germans decided to evacuate the camp because of the encroaching Soviet Army and the…
14. Ansbacher family papers
2015.534.2 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2015.534.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1875-1990
…Sigrid Ansbacher (later Jean Strauss, b. 1928) was born in Dinkelsbühl, Germany to Selma Schlossberger (1897-?) and Ludwig Ansbacher (1888-1950) and…
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 … Accession number: 2015.534.2 Creator: Ansbacher (Family : Dinkelsbühl, Germany) Extent: 1.2 linear feet (2 boxes, 2 oversize folders) Repository: United…
15. 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…
16. 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…
17. Hans Benjamin Marx papers
2018.427.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 18
Document | Accession Number: 2018.427.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1927-1946
…Hans Benjamin Marx (b. 1927) was born in Mannheim, Germany, to Elise (née Rihm, 1898-1976) and Ernest Marx (1895-1965). Ernest was born in Mannheim…
18. Mannsbach and Goldschmidt families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2006.180
Date:
inclusive: circa 1914-1995
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…Lilly Goldschmidt (1903-1995) was born Lilly Mannsbach on 12 December 1903 in Beverungen, Germany to Karl and Luise Mannsbach. Her father Karl…
19. Ruth Salm Perlman collection
2014.314.1 BookEnclosure Folder 1 Image 80
Document | Accession Number: 2014.314.1
Date:
inclusive: 1929-2009
bulk: 1942-1954
…Ruth Salm was born on January 22, 1924, in Bruhl, Germany, to Julius and Jeanette Salm. Julius worked as a cantor and an animal broker, while Jenny…
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 … Perlman, including a 1942 postcard sent to her from her family in Germany, while she was living in Denmark; postcards from the family who had sheltered her…
20. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee
2012.425.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.425.5
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
emigration: 1941 June
… born in 1886, in Varnsdorf, and was a member of the German-speaking Jewish population in the, the Sudetenalnd, which bordered Germany. Leonard was a…