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1. Ernest Steen papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.300.1
Date:
inclusive: 1897-1967
bulk: 1930-1948
…’s shoe manufacturer in Frankfurt. Ernest’s employment was terminated in 1938, and he left Germany for London. He immigrated to the United States aboard…
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 …ERNEST STEEN PAPERS, 1897-1967 2020.300.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126…
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2. Hauer and Honig families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.439.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-1976
bulk: 1930-1947
… married on 2 March 1947. They immigrated to the United States in July 1947. They initially settled in Cincinnati, Ohio where Gunter found a job as a shipper…
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 …1 HAUER AND HONIG FAMILIES PAPERS, circa 1890-1976 2019.439.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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3. 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
… cutter, he and his wife lived in the United States from around 1947-1961. He later owned a diamond cutting factory in Netanya, Israel. They had one son…
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 …1 PISTINER FAMILY PAPERS, 1899-2000 2016.187.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
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4. Rosenberg and Mosler families papers
2017.327.1 BookEnclosure Folder 1 Image 23
Document | Accession Number: 2017.327.1
Date:
inclusive: 1888-1987
bulk: 1915-1956
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…. 1923). Facing ever increasing anti-Semitism in Hamburg, the family immigrated to the United States in August 1939. Peter served in the United States Army…
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 …1 ROSENBERG AND MOSLER FAMILIES PAPERS, 1888-1987 2017.327.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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5. 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
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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 …1 LEVINSON AND STERN FAMILY PAPERS, 1875-1995 2015.606.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington…
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6. Julius and Bertha Meyerowitz papers
1993.128.16 Box 1 Folder 18 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1993.128.16
Date:
inclusive: 1866-1958
… country, which all five of their children had already done. Julius and Bertha applied for visas to the United States, and moved to Frankfurt, Germany while…
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7. Stephen Kornreich papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.247.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2018
bulk: 1921-1946
… as an architect, first in Tel Aviv, and later in Jerusalem. In February 1939 Stephen immigrated to the United States aboard the RMS Queen Mary. He…
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 …1 STEPHEN KORNREICH PAPERS, circa 1900-2018 2019.247.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
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8. Schulhof family papers
2017.133.1 Box 1 Folder 12 Image 14
Document | Accession Number: 2017.133.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1882-1999
bulk: 1903-1948
… Schulhofs began exploring ways to emigrate. They wanted to immigrate to the United States, but despite efforts from relatives already living there, they were…
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 …1 SCHULHOF FAMILY PAPERS, CIRCA 1882-1999 2017.133.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
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9. Henry (Heinz) Wachs family papers
2016.443.1 Box 3 Folder 27 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2016.443.1
Date:
inclusive: 1850-2015
bulk: 1920-1950
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… immigrated to the United States decades earlier, and had settled in the San Francisco Bay Area. Eventually, members from those families agreed to sponsor him…
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 … education and training as a typesetter and graphic designer during the 1930s, his immigration to the United States as a response to Nazi persecution in 1938…
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10. Felicia Neufeld papers
2013.534.1 Box 1 Folder 25 Image 18
Document | Accession Number: 2013.534.1
Date:
inclusive: 1894-2010
bulk: 1947-1985
… she was adopted by the family of her father's sister, who had immigrated to the United States before the war. Felicia Neufeld joined them in Washington…
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 …FELICIA NEUFELD PAPERS 1894-2010 (bulk, 1947-1985) 2013.534.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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11. Judith Cromwell papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.616.1
Date:
inclusive: 1875-1990
bulk: 1914-1950
… practice. By 1938 John and Charlotte had applied for visas to immigrate to the United States, but had yet to receive them. During Kristallnacht (9-10…
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 …1 JUDITH CROMWELL PAPERS, 1875-1990 2019.616.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
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12. 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
… Rotterdam for the United States on the Veendam. They settled in New York. Bruno’s sister Margot perished during the Holocaust at the Sobibór extermination…
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 …1 RIESENFELD FAMILY PAPERS, 1897-2001 2017.389.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
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13. Rabbi William Z. Dalin family papers
2005.108.2 Box 1 Folder 20 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2005.108.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1872-1968
bulk: 1938-1948
… studied at the Slobodka yeshiva where his father taught. He immigrated to the United States in 1926 to continue his studies and settled in New York. In…
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 …1 RABBI WILLIAM Z. DALIN FAMILY PAPERS, circa 1872-1968 2005.108.2 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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14. 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
… September 1928). Distant relatives of hers had emigrated from Westphalia to the United States in the mid-19th century, and one of them, Julius Rosenwald…
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 …1 SCHWARZ AND ROSENWALD FAMILIES PAPERS, 1834-2006 (Bulk, 1920-1960) 2017.167.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg…
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15. Heinz and Mira Wallerstein papers
2017.258.1 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 51
Document | Accession Number: 2017.258.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880-1985
bulk: 1931-1944
…, car mechanic, and locksmith. Jenny’s sister, Irma Brandt, moved to the United States in the 1920s, and was able to help Heinz, Rolf, and Jenny immigrate…
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 …1 MIRA AND HEINZ WALLERSTEIN PAPERS, CIRCA 1880-1985 2017.258.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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16. Bleier and Weisz families papers
2016.162.1 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2016.162.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1898-2005
… and had a son, Peter (1947-). His business failed, and by 1949 they had moved to Vienna, Austria. They immigrated to the United States in 1951 aboard…
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 …1 BLEIER AND WEISZ FAMILES PAPERS, CIRCA 1898-2005 2016.162.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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17. Ullman family papers
2017.654.1 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 14
Document | Accession Number: 2017.654.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880-2016
… the Ullmans immigrated to the United States via the MS Westerdam. They settled in Port Washington where Emily’s sister Juliemarthe and mother Bertha…
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 …1 ULLMAN FAMILY PAPERS, circa 1880-2016 2017.654.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
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18. Ney and Grundmann families papers
2017.247.1 Box 1 Folder 25 Image 23
Document | Accession Number: 2017.247.1
Date:
inclusive: 1867-2010
bulk: 1910-1950
… businesses until he was able to immigrate to the United States in 1939. A distant relative in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Jerome Ney, provided affidavits and…
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 …1 NEY AND GRUNDMANN FAMILY PAPERS, 1867-2010 (bulk, 1910-1950) 2017.247.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place…
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19. Eichengrün and Stern families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2017.627.15
Date:
inclusive: 1872-2005
bulk: 1936-1956
… Fritz planned to immigrate to Palestine. They purchased property there, but ultimately decided that they would rather immigrate to the United States. In…
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 …EICHENGRÜN AND STERN FAMILIES PAPERS, 1872-2005 2017.627.15 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington…
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20. Fellner family papers
2015.563.1 Box 1 Folder 16 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2015.563.1
Date:
inclusive: 1865-circa 2014
bulk: 1901-1957
… to Bolivia, but the papers turned out to be invalid. Eventually he received an affidavit to come to the United States from a distant cousin, Arthur…
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 …FELLNER FAMILY PAPERS, 1865-circa 2014 2015.563.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
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21. Schillinger and Baumann family papers
2015.556.1 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 17
Document | Accession Number: 2015.556.1
Date:
inclusive: 1845-circa 2015
bulk: 1913-1986
… had two children, Jan (b. 1936) and Jiri (b. 1938). After the Schillingers immigrated to the United States, they changed their last name to Shilling…
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 …SCHILLINGER AND BAUMANN FAMILY PAPERS, 1845-CIRCA 2015 2015.556.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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22. Peter Veres family papers
2010.81.1 Box 13 Folder 1 Image 35
Document | Accession Number: 2010.81.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1844-2013
… sailed on the M/S Sobieski from Genoa, Italy, for the United States. Lenke stayed in Italy and sailed on a later date. On ship, Peter played shuffleboard…
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 …PETER VERES FAMILY PAPERS, approximately 1848-2010 2010.81.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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23. Hirschfeld family papers
2012.337.1 Box 6 Folder 1 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2012.337.1
Date:
inclusive: 1894-1970
… of Shreveport, Louisiana, sponsored him for a visa to the United States, and he arrived there in October 1939. He soon began attending Centenary…
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 …1 HIRSCHFELD FAMILY PAPERS, 1894-1970 2012.337.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
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24. Schultz and Bodnar families papers
2017.336.1 Box 4 Folder 7 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2017.336.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2015
bulk: 1916-1954
… Academy of Music. Edith immigrated to the United States on the SS Washington in 1939 under the Yugoslav quota, but Zoltan was on the Hungarian quota and…
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 …SCHULTZ AND BODNAR FAMILIES PAPERS, CIRCA 1900-2015 2017.336.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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25. Adler family papers
2016.458.1 Book Enclosure 8 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2016.458.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880 September-2003
… the British Navy and accused of being a spy due to his fluency with German. He was released after two weeks and sailed to the United States on the S…
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 …1 ADLER FAMILY PAPERS, CIRCA 1880s-2003 2016.458.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
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26. Tikotzki Leopold family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2000.61
Date:
1850-1985
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
27. Trudy Kirchhausen Turkel papers
Document | Accession Number: 1989.153
Date:
1898-1941
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
28. Breisacher family photographs
2018.275.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 28
Document | Accession Number: 2018.275.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1969
… months after his son's family emigrated, and was the last Jew to be buried in Breisach. Walter served with the United States Army during the war and was…
29. Antisemitic postcards
Document | Accession Number: 2011.427.2
Date:
inclusive: 1900-1910
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
30. Klapholz and Schlesinger family papers
Document | Accession Number: 1988.A.0156 | RG Number: RG-10.290
Date:
inclusive: 1885-1945
… Palestine for the United States, and settled in Boston, Massachusetts. On July 14, 1938, while Irene was visiting her father at a work site in Romania, he…
31. Maier and Gruber families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2004.709.1
Date:
inclusive: 1875-1962
bulk: 1934-1947
…. Erich’s brother, Ernst, his wife, Margit, nee Fleischmann, and 7 year old son Thomas escaped to the United States in 1939 with his help. Erich and Ernst…
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 …MAIER AND GRUBER FAMILIES PAPERS, 1875-1962 2004.709.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
32. Rabbi Louis and Margaret Isaac papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.309.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1948
bulk: 1938-1945
…, his brother Miksa immigrated to Palestine in 1933, and Ignac immigrated to the United States in 1935. Louis married Margit Kohn in 1926 and they had…
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 …RABBI LOUIS AND MARGARET ISAAC PAPERS, circa 1900-1948 2020.309.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
33. Butzke family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2014.350.1
Date:
inclusive: 1899-2000
… United States. Hans changed his name to John and attended the City University of New York and later served in the United States Marine Corps, fighting in…
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 …BUTZKE FAMILY PAPERS, 1899‐1989, BULK 1936‐1944 2014.350.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place…
34. Haber family papers
2015.236.1 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2015.236.1
Date:
inclusive: 1897-circa 1990
bulk: 1897-1954
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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 …1 HABER FAMILY PAPERS, 1897-CIRCA 1990 2015.236.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
35. Stolzman and Cala families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.456.1
Date:
inclusive: 1895-2000
bulk: 1945-circa 1980
…, originally from Łódź. The couple immigrated separately to the United States, Malka to relatives in Ohio and Aaron to maternal uncles in Connecticut, but were…
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 …STOLZMAN AND CALA FAMILIES PAPERS, 1895-2000 2019.456.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
36. Heinz Isenberg collection
Document | Accession Number: 2009.338 | RG Number: RG-10.485
Date:
inclusive: 1900-2008
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
37. Phyllis Kaufman papers
Document | Accession Number: 2006.110.1
Date:
1880-1980
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
38. Fuld family papers
2018.353.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 13
Document | Accession Number: 2018.353.1
Date:
inclusive: 1881-1985
… left Europe aboard the Oregon Express and arrived in Havana, Cuba in November. They remained in Cuba while applying for a visa for the United States…
39. Michael Grauman collection
Document | Accession Number: 2000.274
Date:
inclusive: 1881-1945
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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 …MICHAEL GRAUMAN COLLECTION, 1881-1945 2000.274 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
40. Max Michelson photograph collection
Document | Accession Number: 2000.560.1
Date:
creation: circa 1890-1947
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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 …1 MAX MICHELSON PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, circa 1890-1947 2000.560.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
41. Max Landwirth papers
Document | Accession Number: 2015.618.1
Date:
inclusive: 1900-1943
bulk: 1938-1939
… to immigrating to the United States. He initially settled in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he opened a clothing store. On 21 August 1898, he married…
42. Abraham M. Neumann family collection
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0251 | RG Number: RG-10.153
Date:
1860-1953
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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 … RG-10.153 Abraham M. Neumann family … 1 RG-10.153 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Finding Aid RG-10 Small Collections RG-10…
43. Salm family papers
2012.360.1 Box 1 Folder 17 Image 10
Document | Accession Number: 2012.360.1
Date:
inclusive: 1776-1985
bulk: 1898-1944
… his wife Helena Ackermann. Kurt and Meta Salm immigrated to the United States in 1937, settled in Flushing, New York, and had a son named Harold in 1940…
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 …SALM FAMILY PAPERS, 1776‐1985 2012.360.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
44. Theodore and Martha Burian papers
1995.A.0261 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0261
Date:
inclusive: 1885-1946
… an early age for the United States, going to school in New York and becoming an athletic teacher. After some time he returned to Europe, settling in…
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 …THEODORE AND MARTHA BURIAN PAPERS, 1885‐1946 1995.A.0261 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
45. Gara family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.600.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1963
…. The couple immigrated to the United States in 1956, the same year as the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. They lived in several cities, including Los…
46. Betty Sklow papers
1999.A.0269 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0269
Date:
inclusive: 1897-1949
bulk: 1939-1940
… entry to Cuba and the United States, Betty finally disembarked in the Netherlands. She stayed in Bussum, Netherlands with Leopold Rosenthal, the brother…
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 …1 BETTY SKLOW PAPERS, 1897-1949 1999.A.0269 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126…
47. Martin Weiss papers
2010.262 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2010.262
Date:
inclusive: 1900-1946
… troops in May 1945. He returned to Czechoslovakia, where he found some surviving family members. In 1946, they immigrated to the United States.…
48. Ehrenreich family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2006.396
Date:
1894-2006
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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 …, Germany. Nathan was a composer and the musical director of a prestigious Jewish choir in Frankfurt before the family's 1939 emigration to the United States…
49. Dingfelder family papers
1994.A.0024 Box 2 Folder 2 Image 13
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0024 | RG Number: RG-10.105
Date:
inclusive: circa 1884-1966
bulk: circa 1914-1966
… imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp in 1938, and in 1939 he, Elizabeth, and Justin immigrated to the United States, settling in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His…
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 …1 DINGFELDER FAMILY PAPERS, CIRCA 1884-1966 1994.A.0024 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
50. Siegmund Sobel papers
Document | Accession Number: 1999.1.1
Date:
inclusive: 1873-1965
bulk: 1919-1963
… settled in Tel Aviv, but began applying for visas for the United States. They left Israel on 18 October 1950 and after a brief stay in Austria, immigrated…
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 …SIEGMUND SOBEL PAPERS, 1873-1965 1999.1.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126…