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1. 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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 … Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: The Harpuder family papers documents the experiences of the Harpuder family in Berlin, Germany and…
2. Oral history interview with Marion Ladar
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.306.106 | RG Number: RG-50.694.0106
Date:
interview: 1996 October 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Marion Ladar, a Holocaust survivor, born in 1920, discusses her parents' divorce when she was a child; leaving Germany in 1939 for Shanghai, China…
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 …, and where you were born, and things like that. I was born in Berlin, Germany in 1920. And [? can you ?] [? tell me, ?] did you have brothers and sisters…
3. Oral history interview with Ernest G. Heppner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.H.0315 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0095
Date:
interview: 1989 May 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ernest G. Heppner, born in 1921 in Germany, describes his experiences with antisemitism in his youth; participating in a Jewish youth organization…
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 …. Christkiller and especially, you see in Germany, the profession of your father follows you. So any time you started a new class and the teacher would call the…
4. 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…
5. 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…
6. 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…
7. 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…
8. Gerda Buchheim Haas photograph and memoir
1999.A.0209 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0209
Date:
inclusive: 1941-1996
… 1935 and their son, Henry, was born in 1938. They left Germany that same year for Czechoslovakia and eventually traveled to Shanghai in 1939 to join her…
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 … Paula Rosenthal Buchheim. She married John (Hans) Ivan Haas(z) in 1935 and their son, Henry, was born in 1938. They left Germany that same year for…
9. 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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10. Oral history interview with Ruth Callman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.670 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0670
Date:
interview: 1996 March 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 …. [? You sure ?] [INAUDIBLE] OK. [? Are ?] [? you ?] [? ready? ?] This is a stamp when we left Germany at the border on the Alps going into Italy. This is…
11. Oral history interview with Walter Silberstein
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.69 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0069
Date:
interview: 1981 November 09
interview: 1981 November 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Walter Silberstein, born November 9, 1902 in Stargard, Germany (Poland), describes being the son of the only rabbi serving around Stargard; studying…
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 … Stettin. Today it is Polish. JF: At that time it was Germany? WS: Yes. JF: Can you tell me a little bit about your family? WS: My father was a rabbi in…
12. Oral history interview with Inge Peebles
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.780 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0780
Date:
interview: 2003 September 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Inge Peebles discusses her assimilated childhood in Berlin, Germany; her parents’ interfaith marriage; her father’s death early in her life; the…
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 …, Germany. And how many people were in your family? My mother, my father, when I was born, my mother and my father, and myself. OK. You want to give us their…
13. Oral history interview with Bruno Keith
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.335 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0335
Date:
interview: 1999 October 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Bruno Keith (né Katz), born on September 8, 1911 in Barntrup, Lippe-Detmold, Germany, discusses the struggle to obtain teaching positions in pre-war…
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 … restrictions 1 vol. (unpaged) English SUMMARY Bruno Keith1 was born September 8, 1911 in Barntrup, Lippe-Detmold, Germany to a large, mostly non-observant, poor…
14. 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…
15. Oral history interview with Paul Richards
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.783 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0783
Date:
interview: 1990 May 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The interviews describe Mr. Richards's childhood in Schenklengsfeld, Germany; his arrest in Soest, Germany after the events of of Kristallnacht on…
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 …Bachofen originally, my grandfather changed it. What was it originally? Bachofen. Also comes from Germany. My name was-- my name was Richheimer. I…
16. Oral history interview with Hans J. Arons
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.658 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0658
Date:
interview: 1990 August 23
interview: 1991 October 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Hans Arons discusses his youth and young adulthood in Hannover, Germany; his education; the antisemitism he experienced before the war; the…
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 …, Germany. In what year? September 1, 1914. 1914. And tell me, what did your father do? My father, he was a lawyer-- attorney or a lawyer in Germany. And how…
17. Oral history interview with Felicia Broh
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0126.6 | RG Number: RG-50.156.0006
Date:
interview: 1983 April 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Faigel Broh (nee Pinchas), born May 13, 1904 in Breslau, Germany (Wroclaw, Poland), describes her parents; her family’s religious practices as…
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 …'s fine. Faigel yeah. When were you born? May 13, 1904. In what town and country were you born? I was born in Germany. The town was Breslau. And that was…
18. 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…
19. Records of the Organisation Internationale pour les Réfugiés
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0004 | RG Number: RG-43.048M
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1953
…Germany--History--1945-1955.…
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 … Council of Jewish Women. 8 frames. AJ 43/19; File 56/1149: Council for the Protection of Rights and Interests of Jews from Germany. 7 frames. AJ 43…
20. 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…