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You searched for: Subject Germany. Remove constraint Subject: Germany. Digital Availability Has Supplementary Materials Remove constraint Digital Availability: Has Supplementary Materials Dates 1971-1990 Remove constraint Dates: 1971-1990 Key Events Kristallnacht Remove constraint Key Events: Kristallnacht Holding Institutions United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Remove constraint Holding Institutions: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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1. Henry Rosenthal collection
Document | Accession Number: 2019.556.1
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1997
undated: 
…Henry Rosenthal (born Heinz) was born on October 5, 1926 in Erkenschwick, Germany to Georg Rosenthal (b. 1894) and Hedwig Rosenthal (Hete?, née…
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 … (born Heinz) was born on October 5, 1926 in Erkenschwick, Germany to Georg Rosenthal (b. 1894) and Hedwig Rosenthal (Hete?, née Auerbach, b. 1891 to Simon…
2. Oral history interview with Ruth Borsos
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.417.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0035
Date:
interview: 1990 July 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ruth Borsos, born in 1923 in Frankfurt, Germany, describes her family; moving to the Netherlands after Kristallnacht in 1938; her and her father…
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 … your name and where you were born. A: My name is Ruth Borsos. I – my maiden name was Moser, and I was born in Frankfurt, Germany. Q: And when? A: Oh…
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. Fritz Rosenthal family papers
1996.A.0249 Box 1 Folder 24 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0249
Date:
inclusive: 1900-1995
…Fritz Rosenthal was born in Würzburg, Germany on July 4, 1911 to Dr. Karl Rosenthal and Claire Rosenthal (nee Buschhoff). He attended school in…
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 ….ushmm.org for further information. Processing history: Julie Schweitzer, May 2012 Biographical note Fritz Rosenthal was born in Würzburg, Germany on July 4, 1911…
5. Oral history interview with Carl Heinz Kneuman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1984.1.1.11 | RG Number: RG-50.157.0011
Date:
interview: 1984 September 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… moving to Berlin, Germany in 1932; his sister getting married and moving to the United States; Dr. Wolfgang Heubner discovering that his institute was…
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 … 1932 because my father was of German descent and born in Germany and held a German passport. Because he had been honorary consul for the Weimar Republic…
6. Oral history interview with Johanna Neumann
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.357.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0170
Date:
interview: 1990 March 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Johanna Neumann, born on December 12, 1930 in Hamburg, Germany, describes her early childhood; her memories of Kristallnacht on November 10, 1938…
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 …, Germany. Q: And did your parents ? A: I'm an only child and uh an only grandchild for the first five years of my life. My cousin Stephen was born in 1936. I…
7. Oral history interview with Carl Knuemann
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0327 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0110
Date:
interview: 1989 July 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Carl Knuemann, born on November 15, 1922 in Bydgoszcz, Poland, describes his family and childhood; moving to Germany in 1932 because his father had…
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 … look at me. A: Yah. In Poland, actually, compared with Germany, it was a free country. I came to Germany expecting a paradise. My parents had told me…
8. Gerald Schwab papers
Document | Accession Number: 2002.327.25
Date:
inclusive: 1885-2012
…Gerald (Gerd) Abraham Schwab (1925-2014) was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany to David and Paula Kleefeld Schwab (d. 1995). His father owned an…
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 … Freiburg, Germany. David Schwab owned a plumbing supply company that required travel to Switzerland. After the boycott of Jewish businesses in 1933, the…
9. 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…
10. Heinrich Stern collection
1995.A.0363 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 9
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0363
Date:
inclusive: 1909-1986
bulk: 1909-1944
…Heinrich Stern (1882-1949) was born and lived in Nordhausen, Germany. He would eventually marry Charlotte Herzog, and they had one child, Eva…
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 … and lived in Nordhausen, Germany. He would eventually marry Charlotte Herzog, and they had one child, Eva. Heinrich became a notary and lawyer, and…
11. Oral history interview with Elisabeth Model
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.448.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0163
Date:
interview: 1990 September 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Elisabeth Model (née Dittmann), born in Bayreuth, Germany in 1897, describes her family; getting married in 1922 and moving to Amsterdam, where she…
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 …. What happened in 1933. A: You know that was that terrible....the beginning in Germany. And of course, we were terribly not only touched but all the…
12. Bloch family papers
1998.A.0160 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0160
Date:
inclusive: 1895-1996
…Norbert Bloch (1896-1977) was part owner of the Seesen, Germany department store Bloch & Bremer, established by Bloch's father, Josef Bloch, and…
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 … note Norbert Bloch, born August 29, 1896, was part owner of the Seesen, Germany department store Bloch & Bremer, established by Bloch's father, Josef…
13. Oral history interview with Fred Bachner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.372.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0012
Date:
interview: 1990 April 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Fred Bachner was born on September 28, 1925 in Berlin, Germany and describes his family; his brother’s and father’s deportation to the Polish border…
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 … look...to leave Germany because...uh...the Rabbi in...in our synagogue in his last speech said and I vividly remember it today, he said, "It doesn't…
14. Oral history interview with Max Liebmann
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.445.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0134
Date:
interview: 1990 January 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Max Liebmann, born on September 3, 1921 in Mannheim, Germany, describes his family and childhood; attending school until December 1937, when he had…
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 …-- A: I was born in Mannheim, Germany, on September 3, 1921. Q: Tell me about your parents and your family. A: My father was – had a -- was in his own…
15. Oral history interview with Walter Schnell
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0323 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0206
Date:
interview: 1989 June 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Walter Schnell, born on April 16, 1904 in Strehlen, Germany (Strzelin, Poland), describes his family and childhood; going to study crystal and…
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 … Schnell. And I was born on April 16, 1904. Q: OK. Where? A: In Strehlen. This is Silesia...is the province of Silesia in Germany. Q: Thank you. A: You…