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1. 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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2. Winterstein-Reinhardt family photograph collection
Document | Accession Number: 2004.226.1
Date:
inclusive: 1921-2000
bulk: 1921-1955
…Rita Reinhardt was born into a Sinti family on March 3, 1943, in Wurzburg, Germany. She had a twin sister, Rolanda. Their father, Gabriel, was born…
3. 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…
4. William and Bela Citron and Miriam Citron Burhans papers
2009.157.5 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 19
Document | Accession Number: 2009.157.5
Date:
inclusive: 1930-2016
bulk: 1945-1983
… September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. For the first month or two, life was not greatly changed. The Polish zloty was replaced with occupation currency and…
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 … Cytrynblum and Bela Kasztan) and their daughter Miriam Citron (Gela Machla, later Miriam Citron Burhans) in displaced persons camps in Germany prior to their…
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5. Weil and Wolf families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.628.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1914-1997
bulk: 1916-1945
…Eric Weil (Erich, 1913-2001) was born in Mannheim, Germany to Max Weil and Jenny Weil (née Meyer) and had a sister Hannah. Max owned a liquor…
6. Walter Lubran papers
1993.A.0009.2 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 59
Document | Accession Number: 1993.A.0009.2
Date:
inclusive: 1915-2016
…Walter Heinz Lubran (1912-2000) was born Walter Lubranitzki on 29 July 1912 in Sebnitz, Germany to Benno (b. 1860) and Gertrude (née Posner, b. 1885…
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 … Sebnitz, Germany, including his immigration to the United States in 1938, his military career during World War II, and his restitution cases against the…
7. Walter Kamlet papers
2014.332.1 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 255
Document | Accession Number: 2014.332.1
Date:
inclusive: 1928-2007
bulk: 1940-1956
…Walter Kamlet was born in Berlin, Germany, on October 22, 1922, to Benno and Mila Kamlet. He had a younger brother, Manfred. Benno Kamlet owned a…
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 … and Holocaust experiences of Walter Kamlet, originally of Berlin, Germany. The collection includes information regarding Kamlet's life as a teenager at…
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8. Walter Feibelman papers
1996.134.10 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1996.134.10
Date:
inclusive: 1917-1993
bulk: 1917-1949
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 …: Biographical materials, 1917‐1949  Series 2: Subject files, 1939‐1993 (bulk 1939‐1941) Indexing terms Jews‐‐Germany‐‐Berlin. World War, 1914‐1918…
9. Walter and Elizabeth Richards family papers
1996.A.0444 Box 1 Folder 42 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0444
Date:
inclusive: 1877-1998
… Brookline. Ellie emigrated to Palestine, and Arthur emigrated to India although he returned to Germany with his family after the war.…
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 … then Brookline. Ellie emigrated to Palestine, and Arthur emigrated to India although he returned to Germany with his family after the war. Scope…
10. Waldmann family papers
2019.17.2 Box 1 Folder 15 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 2019.17.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-2021
bulk: 1930-1941
…Joseph Waldmann (1829-1913) was born in Kaubenheim, Germany. He was married to Sophie Bergtheimer (née Sternschein, 1812-1860). They had no children…
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 … number: 2019.17.2 Creator: Waldmann (Family : Bad Windsheim, Germany) Extent: 2 boxes, 1 oversize folder (.83 linear ft.) Repository: United States…
11. Vollweiler family collection
Document | Accession Number: 2011.353.1
Date:
inclusive: 1920-1994
…Else Rosenbaum Vollweiler was born on September 14, 1914 in Treuchtlingen, Germany to Issak Rosenbaum (d. 1930) and Pauline Rosenbaum. Her father…
12. Vamos family papers
2017.335.1 Box 2 Folder 5 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2017.335.1
Date:
inclusive: 1907-2013
…Arthur Vamos (born Artur Vámos, 1911-2006) was born on 19 February 1911 in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) to Ludwig and Emma (née Fuchs, b…
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 …, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), as they emigrated from Germany to Glasgow, Scotland in 1939 and to the United States in 1946. The collection includes…
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13. Ursula Klau papers
2006.410.2 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 26
Document | Accession Number: 2006.410.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1867-2006
…Ursula Klau (1932-2007) was born in Frankfurt, Germany to lawyer Dr. Oscar (Oskar) Klau (1889-1944) and Therese (Resa) Klau-Altheimer (1896-1945…
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 … Klau’s family; their experiences in Nazi Germany, Nazi-occupied Netherlands, the Westerbork transit camp, the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, and the…
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14. Syma Crane papers
1997.A.0373 Box 1 Folder 13 Image 43
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0373
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1997
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 …--Austria. Wolfsburg (Lower Saxony, Germany) Leoben (Styria, Austria) Bad Schallerbach (Austria) Photographs. https://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference…
15. Susi Cohn Podgurski papers
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0045 | RG Number: RG-10.286
Date:
inclusive: 1927-1992
bulk: 1938-1947
…, 1924 in Berlin, Germany. Martin Cohn was a dentist and served in World War I. Prior to June 1939, Eugen Hirschfeld lost his home. He moved in with the…
16. 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…
17. Stolz and White families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.447.2
Date:
inclusive: 1900-2003
bulk: 1940-1960
…Berlin (Germany)…
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 …)--Reparations. Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai. 5 Jewish children in the Holocaust--Diaries. Geographic: Vienna (Austria) Shanghai (China) Berlin (Germany…
18. Stephen J. Fraenkel papers
2017.556.1 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2017.556.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1830-2016
bulk: 1937-1948
…Stephen Joseph Fraenkel (born Stefan, 1917-2002) was born on 28 November 1917 in Berlin, Germany to Max and Martha Fraenkel. His father Max (born…
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 … experiences of Stephen Fraenkel of Berlin, Germany including his immigration to the United States in 1938 with the financial aid of the Sigma Alpha Mu Jewish…
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19. Stendal, Germany, information and photograph album
Document | Accession Number: 2006.142
Date:
1890-1998
…Stendal, Germany, information and photograph album…
20. 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…
21. Shadur family papers
1997.A.0316.1 Box 4 Folder 2 Image 62
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0316.1
Date:
inclusive: 1913-1997
… holidays. As anti-Semitism spread in Germany, boycotts and restrictions began to undermine Michel’s ability to do business. While travelling for work in…
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 … holidays. As anti-Semitism spread in Germany, boycotts and restrictions began to undermine Michel’s ability to do business. While travelling for work in…
22. Sendzischew and Mottes family papers
2015.594.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 31
Document | Accession Number: 2015.594.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1918-1995
… Sosnowiec. David and Sala, who knew each other prior to the war, reunited in Sosnowiec, and they were married on May 1, 1945. They moved to Erding, Germany…
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 … members and friends of the Sendzischew and Mottes families; David, Sala, and Israel Jacob Sendzischew; a photograph album of the family from Erding, Germany…
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23. Schwarzbaum and Lesorgen families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.417.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-2009
bulk: 1945-1951
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
24. Schwarz and Rosenwald families papers
2017.167.1 Image 5 Box 1 Image 16
Document | Accession Number: 2017.167.1
Date:
inclusive: 1834-2006
bulk: 1920-1960
…Richard Schwarz family (Hannover: Germany)…
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 …: 1834-2006 (bulk, 1920-1960) Accession number: 2017.167.1 Creator: Richard Schwarz family (Hannover: Germany) Extent: 2.92 linear feet (4 boxes, 1…
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25. Sam Kornhauser papers
2005.538.1 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2005.538.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1998
… Kornhauser’s chance encounter with Pope John Paul II in the 1930s. Ursula and Berek Goldkorn materials include identification papers from Poland, Germany…
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 … encounter with Pope John Paul II in the 1930s. Ursula and Berek Goldkorn materials include identification papers from Poland, Germany, Belgium, and http…
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26. Ruth Salzberg Horwitz papers
Document | Accession Number: 2011.457.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1923-2004
…, Germany, their immigration to the United States in 1938, and the family members who remained in Europe and were killed in the Holocaust. Biographical…
27. 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…
28. Rothschild and Weyl families papers
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0088.12
Date:
inclusive: 1874-2017
bulk: 1912-1954
…Walter Henry Rothschild (1912-1956) was born in Frankfurt, Germany to Carl (1879-1969) and Alice (née Klein, 1888-1977) Rothschild. In March 1936…
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 … records, and photographs relating to Walter H. Rothschild and his family’s prewar life in Frankfurt, Germany, their immigration to the United States in 1936…
29. Rose Silberberg Skier papers
1999.A.0121 Box 1 Folder 11 Image 27
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0121
Date:
inclusive: 1929-1999
bulk: 1929-1958
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…, Silberberg traveled to Neisse, Germany posing as the daughter of her aunt Sara Wachsman, both passing as Gentiles. They lived in a convent where Wachsman…
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 …, Silberberg traveled to Neisse, Germany posing as the daughter of her aunt Sara Wachsman, both passing as Gentiles. They lived in a convent where Wachsman…
30. Rosalie Herman and Max Honigsberg family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2022.39.5
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-2013
…Rosalie Herman (b. December 11, 1929) and Max Honigsberg (b. November 27, 1931) were born in Hamburg, Germany, to Osias (Oscar, 1895-1963) and Hudi…
31. Robert M.W. and Ruth Benedicta Kempner papers
Document | Accession Number: 2001.62.1 | RG Number: RG-71.001
Date:
1935-1993
…Robert Max Wasilii Kempner (1899-1993) was born in Freiburg, Germany, studied law and political science and other subjects at the universities of…
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 … (1899-1993) was born in Freiburg, Germany, studied law and political science and other subjects at the universities of Berlin, Breslau and Freiburg. He…
32. Riesenfeld family papers
2017.389.1 Box 1 Folder 29 Image 20
Document | Accession Number: 2017.389.1
Date:
inclusive: 1897-2001
bulk: 1938-1949
…Bruno Kurt Riesenfeld (1899-1974) was born on 27 October 1899 in Würzburg, Germany to Alfred (1866-1936) and Jenny (née Brauer, 1866-1938) Riesenfeld…
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 … number: 2017.389.1 Creator: Riesenfeld (Family : Würzburg, Germany) Extent: .5 linear feet (1 box) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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33. Richard Weilheimer papers
2007.336.1 Box 1 Folder 21 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 2007.336.1
Date:
inclusive: 1908-1998
…Richard Weilheimer was born November 21, 1931 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. His parents, Maximilian (Max) Weilheimer (who was secretary of the Jewish…
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 … Mannheim, Germany. Documents reflect the families’ prewar lives in Germany, their deportation to the Gurs concentration camp in southern France in 1940…
34. Rev. Stanley Dabrowski papers
1995.A.1132 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.1132
Date:
inclusive: 1935-1995
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 …. Holocaust survivors‐‐Poland. Priests‐‐Nazi persecution‐‐Germany‐‐Dachau. Prisoners‐‐Germany‐‐Dachau. Chaplains, Hospital. Warsaw (Poland). Włocławek…
35. Reinhold and Singer families papers
1999.A.0042 Box 2 Folder 13 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0042
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880-1999
… Europe, he was reunited with his parents who had fled to France when Germany invaded Belgium. His mother had lived under a false identity using a passport…
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 …’s family in Germany, her departure via Kindertransport to England, Robert Singer’s family in Austria, his stay in the Merksplas internment camp in Belgium…
36. Regina and Halina Goldwag papers
2014.426.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2014.426.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1895-2008
bulk: 1944-1949
… was not aware of the rise of Nazism and persecution of Jews in Germany until the German army invaded Poland on September 1. In response, Ludwik and…
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 … Göppingen, Germany, and depictions of Regina and Halina’s immigration to the United States onboard the SS Marine Flasher in 1946. Languages: Polish, English…
37. Rachel Greene Rottersman papers
2015.110.1 Image 6 Folder 17 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 2015.110.1
Date:
inclusive: 1936-2015
bulk: 1944-1949
… aid arrivals as part of Team 18 at a displaced persons (DP) camp in Kirchberg, Germany. Rachel then worked at Baumholder DP camp, where she assisted in…
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 … and Rehabilitation Administration) in 1944. She arrived in England in January 1945 and was stationed in Germany at Kirchberg and Baumholder before…
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38. Rachel and Harvey Goldfarb collection
2000.421.2 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2000.421.2
Date:
inclusive: 1918-2005
… inhabitants were Jewish. Beryl Mutterperl (d. 1937) was a businessman who bought cattle and farm products for export to Germany or for the nearby Polish border…
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 … for export to Germany or for the nearby Polish border garrison. Dina owned a thriving fabric store. The Mutterperls lived in the center of town. Their…
39. Pistiner family papers
2016.187.1 Box 3 Folder 2 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2016.187.1
Date:
inclusive: 1899-2000
bulk: 1908-1972
…Jewish families--Germany--Berlin.…
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 …: 2016.187.1 Creator: Pistiner family (Berlin :Germany) Extent: 4 boxes (1.25 linear feet) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives…
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40. Peter Mansbacher papers
1998.A.0148 Box 1 Folder 39 Folder 12
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0148
Date:
inclusive: 1934-1991
inclusive: 1934-1991
…Peter Mansbacher (1922-1994) was born Fritz Ludwig Mansbacher in Lübeck, Germany to Martin and Juliane Mansbacher. Concerned for his safety, his…
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 … Mansbacher (1922‐1994) was born Fritz Ludwig Mansbacher in Lübeck, Germany to Martin and Juliane Mansbacher. His mother always called him Peter, and he…
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41. Peter Feigl papers
Document | Accession Number: 1992.59
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1994
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…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 …, Ernst, 1888‐1942. Feigl, Agnes, 1904‐1942. American Friends Service Committee. Drancy (Concentration camp) Jews‐‐Germany‐‐Berlin. Jews, German…
42. Peter and Berta Victor papers
1990.114.74 Box 1 Folder 27 Image 31
Document | Accession Number: 1990.114.74
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1991
…Peter Max Victor was born in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 1920, the only child of Carl Nathan and Elsa Alexander Victor. Carl was born in Gusten on…
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 …, Peter’s relatives, their pre-war lives in Germany and Austria, Peter’s time in Shanghai, and their immigration to the United States. https://collections…
43. Personal collection of Georges Neu
Document | Accession Number: 2020.3.1 | RG Number: RG-43.175
Date:
inclusive: 1874-1998
bulk: 1923-1943
…Jews--Germany--History--20th century--Sources.…
44. 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…
45. 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…
46. Ostwald family collection
Document | Accession Number: 2018.663.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1850-2011
bulk: circa 1890-1959
… (June 6, 1884-September 7, 1943) married Hedwig Strauss (November 27, 1889-October 1944) on December 19, 1920 in Dortmund, Germany. They had two children…
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 …: 1890s-1950s Accession number: 2018.663.1 Creator: Ostwald (Family: Dortmund, Germany) Additional creator: Strauss family Additional creator: Tendlau…
47. Oscar Reiss papers
Document | Accession Number: 2010.467.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1997
…Oscar K. Reiss (1921-2019) was born Oskar Reiss on May 6, 1921 in Bad Dürkheim, Germany to Richard Reiss (b. 1890) and Irma Reiss (b. 1925, née…
48. Orban Wales Peters, Jr. papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.294.1
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1998
…th artillery; Eighty-Ninth Division album; photographs of his unit on march into Germany and at Camp Phillip Morris; Correspondence; miscellaneous Army passes…
49. Ofner family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.371.1
Date:
inclusive: 1885-2000
…Peter Ofner was born in 1923 in Berlin, Germany, to Curt (Kurt) and Betzi (nee Leon) Ofner. Curt was a veteran of the German Army in World War and…
50. 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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