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1. Alfred and Ellen Lewis papers
1995.A.0250 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0250
Date:
inclusive: circa 1910-circa 1959
…Ellen Katz (1923 - ) was born to Martin and Edith Katz in Berlin, Germany. She was a student at the time of the Kristallnacht, when her parents…
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 …. Ellen Katz (1923 ‐ ) was born to Martin and Edith Katz in Berlin, Germany. She was a student at the time of the Kristallnacht, when her parents decided…
2. 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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3. Bernard Frum papers
1994.A.0136 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0136 | RG Number: RG-10.152
Date:
inclusive: circa 1929-1960
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…Bernard Frum (b. Bernhard, 1914-1975) was born in Berlin, Germany to Gershon (1878-c.1944) and Lea Frum (née Polinkowsky, 1877-c.1944) and had two…
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 …, a diary, and immigration documents relating to Bernard Frum and his wife Lucy Frum’s escape from Germany to Shanghai during the Holocaust as well as…
4. 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…
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. 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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7. 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…
8. 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…
9. Max Schmeidler papers
2004.88.2 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 20
Document | Accession Number: 2004.88.2
Date:
inclusive: 1927-1963
… experiences of Max Schmeidler who fled Berlin, Germany, for Shanghai, China, during the Holocaust.…
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 … Schmeidler, Max, 1920-1981 Shanghai (China)--Municipal Police. Jews--Germany--Berlin. Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai. Jewish police officers--China--Shanghai…
10. Oral history interview with Alfons Glaser
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.256 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0256
Date:
interview: 1999 October 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Alfons Glaser, born on August 24, 1925 in Berlin, Germany, discusses fleeing from Berlin to Shanghai, China in May 1939; life and the living…
11. Oral history interview with Alfons Glaser
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.255 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0255
Date:
interview: 1991 October 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Alfons Glaser, born on August 24, 1925 in Berlin, Germany, discusses anti-Jewish laws; Kristallnacht; traveling to Shanghai, China with mother in May…
12. Oral history interview with Alfred Brosan
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.185 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0185
Date:
interview: 1991 December 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Kristallnacht for Shanghai, China; traveling via Trans-Siberian Railroad from Berlin, Germany to Shanghai; arriving in Shanghai December 1938; his family…
13. Oral history interview with Alice Bloomfield
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.756 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0756
Date:
interview: 2003 December 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Alice Bloomfield discusses her childhood in Berlin, Germany; her mother's death, followed by her father's remarriage; her education and work life…
14. Oral history interview with Arnold Benjamin
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.596 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0596
Date:
interview: 2002 December 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…'s life in Berlin, Germany; his father going into hiding during Kristallnacht in November 1938 and avoiding arrest by the Nazi officers who arrived at the…
15. Oral history interview with Bella Seligman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1472 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1472
Date:
interview: 2007 February 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Bella Seligman discusses her infancy in Berlin, Germany; her family's immigration to Shanghai, China; her memories of her childhood in Shanghai; the…
16. Oral history interview with Cantor Hans Cohn
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.148 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0148
Date:
interview: 1999 August 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Cantor Hans Cohn, born in Berlin, Germany on May 31, 1926, discusses his childhood in Berlin; being forced to leave his public school after the…
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 …: Cantor Hans Cohn was born in Berlin, Germany on May 31, 1926. He was an only child. His parents are not named on the tape. His father was born in Posen in…
17. Oral history interview with Edith Deutsch
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.132 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0132
Date:
interview: 1999 November 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Edith Deutsch, born on January 21, 1925 in Arnswalde, Germany (now Choszczno, Poland), discusses her childhood in Arnswalde; her father, Fritz…
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 …: Edith Deutsch was born in Arnswalde, Germany on January 21, 1925, to father Fritz Abrahamowsky and mother Lotte Gradnauer. She was born into a prominent…
18. Oral history interview with Else Nowak
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.440 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0440
Date:
interview: 1983 May 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Else Nowak (née Schroepel), born on June 25, 1902 in Dresden, Germany, discusses her wealthy, assimilated family; her schooling in Berlin, Germany…
19. Oral history interview with Eric Rosenon
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.232.0087
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Eric Rosenow, born in Berlin, Germany, discusses life before the war; being an actor in theater and cinema; the banning of Jewish people from…
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 … were? Are you on? Yeah. I was born in Germany, in Berlin, and as a child I worked in the theater and movie business as an actor. In 1934, just short…
20. Oral history interview with Ernie Glaser
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1191 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1191
Date:
interview: 1984 December 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ernie Glaser discusses his childhood in Berlin, Germany; his first memories of changes under the Nazi regime with the passage of the Nuremberg Laws…