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41. 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…
42. 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…
43. 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…
44. Charlotte Dunwiddie papers, 1907-1995
1997.A.0286 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 8
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0286
Date:
inclusive: 1907-1995
… property in Germany that had been held in trust for her stepfather during the war so that it would not be seized as Jewish property; and four family…
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 … Dunwiddie’s efforts to receive compensation for inherited property in Germany that had been held in trust for her stepfather during the war so that it would…
45. Norbert Wollheim papers
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0031
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1998
…Norbert Wollheim was born in Berlin, Germany, on April 26, 1913 to Jewish parents. His father was a veteran of World War I, 1914-1918. Norbert was…
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 … Britain. Wollheim continued to work for the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Union of Jews in Germany). In 1941 he was drafted to perform forced…
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46. Friedrich and Ruth Frankenthal papers
1988.26.2 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 37
Document | Accession Number: 1988.26.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1875-2002
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … materials, 1900‐1944  Series 2: Photograph album, approximately 1875‐2002 Indexing terms Jews‐‐Germany‐‐Berlin. Jewish families‐‐Germany‐‐Genealogy…
47. Levinson and Stern family papers
2015.606.1 Box 2 Folder 39 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2015.606.1
Date:
inclusive: 1875-1995
bulk: 1875-1958
…Sidney Jack Levinson (1901-1969) was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany to concert pianist Else Hanff Levinson (1875-1948) and Siegfried Levinson…
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 …-1958) Accession number: 2015.606.1 Creator: Levinson family (Homburg :Germany) Stern family (Kassel :Germany) Extent: 1.25 linear feet (3 boxes, 1…
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48. 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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49. 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…
50. Honig family papers
2002.70.2 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2002.70.2
Date:
inclusive: 1929-2002
…Jack (Heinz) Honig (1921-2012) was born in Alsenz, Germany, to Julius (1886-1924) and Rudolfine (née Sternheimer, 1889-1942) Honig. He was imprisoned…
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 … (Family : Alsenz, Germany) Extent: 0.5 linear foot (1 box) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
51. Hockenheimer, Loewenthal, Fraenkel, and Brock families papers
2016.500.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2016.500.1
Date:
inclusive: 1886-2016
bulk: 1938-1945
…Ralph Hockley was born Rudolf (Rudi or Rudy) Hockenheimer on October 17, 1925, in Karlsruhe, Germany to Julius (Jules, b. October 22, 1886 in…
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 …, and Brock families papers Dates: 1886-2016 Accession number: 2016.500.1 Creator: Hockenheimer (Family : Karlsruhe, Germany) Additional creator: Fraenkel…
52. 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…
53. Edith Hahn-Beer papers
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0079.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1997
… 1939 Edith and her mother were forced to move into the Jewish ghetto in Vienna. In April 1941 she was sent to a farm in Osterburg, Germany where she was…
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 … Vienna, Austria, including forced-labor in Osterburg and Aschersleben, Germany, living in Munich and Brandenburg an der Havel under the false-identity of…
54. 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…
55. Ilona Kellner papers
2017.645.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 2017.645.1
Date:
inclusive: 1929-2002
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… Czechoslovakia, and became a part of Hungary in approximately 1938. During the 1930s, Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany, and in 1938, Hungary’s fascist regime…
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 …, Pelsöc had become part of Czechoslovakia, and became a part of Hungary in approximately 1938. During the 1930s, Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany, and in…
56. 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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57. Chambré and Elsoffer families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2004.286.1
Date:
inclusive: 1890-1994
bulk: 1920-1950
…Ernest Chambre was born on November 4, 1909, in Belgium. In 1922, he celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in Germany. In 1933, Ernest was a law student in…
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 … Elsoffer families in and around Giessen, Germany, including their lives prior to the rise of the Nazis, and their experiences of persecution by the Nazis…
58. Rolf and Hannah Wartenberg papers
Document | Accession Number: 1991.221.12
Date:
inclusive: 1930-2004
…Rolf Wartenberg (1912-1996) was born in Berlin, Germany in 1912 to Ernst (1878-1934) and Hedy (née Zender, 1884-1975) Wartenberg and had a brother…
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 …: Julie Schweitzer, September 2015; Revised by Morgan Voth, January 2024 Biographical note Rolf Wartenberg (1912-1996) was born in Berlin, Germany in 1912…
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 …, September 2015; Revised by Morgan Voth, January 2024 Biographical note Rolf Wartenberg (1912-1996) was born in Berlin, Germany in 1912 to Ernst (1878-1934…
59. Cohn and Siebenberg families papers
2016.254.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 9
Document | Accession Number: 2016.254.1
Date:
inclusive: 1900-2001
…, Germany. He had two brothers, Walter (1912-1962) and Gerhard Werner (1905-1940). Georg worked in a fur factory prior to the war. He was arrested in November…
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 … number: 2016.254.1 Creator: Cohn family (Leipzig :Germany) Siebenberg family (Offenbach am Main :Germany) Extent: .5 linear feet (1 box, 1 oversize box, 1…
60. Gina Gotfryd collection
1995.A.0170 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0170
Date:
inclusive: circa 1919-1994
…Jewish refugees--Germany--Stuttgart.…