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1. Vulcanized fiber suitcase owned by a member of the Frank family
2018.613.7 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.7
Date:
manufacture: after 1871
use: after 1931
… several times throughout her childhood. In 1931, Herbert’s sister and brother-in-law, Helene and Erich, moved to Basel, Switzerland. In April 1932, Herbert…
2. Dolf and Cato Ringel papers
1993.123.10 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 1993.123.10
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1989
… escape to Switzerland, but were stopped and forced to return to Amsterdam. As Jewish roundups became more common, Max and Dolf moved into the attic of…
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 … two attempted to escape to Switzerland, but were stopped and forced to return to Amsterdam. As Jewish roundups became more common, Max and Dolf moved…
3. Pewter mustard pot owned by Otto Frank
2018.613.4 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.4
Date:
manufacture: after 1800-before 1900
… in Frankfurt, and had two daughters, Margot (1926-1945) and Anne (1929-1945). In 1931, Otto’s sister, Helene, moved to Basel, Switzerland. There, her…
4. Monogrammed tablecloth owned by Otto and Edith Frank
2018.613.5 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.5
Date:
received: 1925 May 08
… in Frankfurt, and had two daughters, Margot (1926-1945) and Anne (1929-1945). In 1931, Otto’s sister, Helene, moved to Basel, Switzerland. There, her…
5. Monogrammed napkin owned by Otto and Edith Frank
2018.613.5 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.6
Date:
received: 1925 May 08
… in Frankfurt, and had two daughters, Margot (1926-1945) and Anne (1929-1945). In 1931, Otto’s sister, Helene, moved to Basel, Switzerland. There, her…
6. First edition of Anne Frank’s Het Achterhuis given to a Dutch couple
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.2 a-b
Date:
publication: 1947
Title:
Het Achterhuis
Subtitle:
dagboekbrieven van 12 Juni 1942 - 1 Augustus 1944
diary letters from 12 June 1942 - 1 August 1944
Alternate Title:
The Secret Annex
…, while Otto’s mother and siblings immigrated to Switzerland, France, and England. After arriving in Amsterdam, Otto’s brother-in-law, Erich, helped him…
7. Coin purse owned by Otto Frank
2018.613.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.3
Date:
use: approximately 1935
… in Frankfurt, and had two daughters, Margot (1926-1945) and Anne (1929-1945). In 1931, Otto’s sister, Helene, moved to Basel, Switzerland. There, her…
8. Oral history interview with Helen Waterford
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0447.29 | RG Number: RG-50.042.0029
Date:
interview: 1992 March 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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 …:37,980 Maybe they had gone to Switzerland. Contact reference@ushmm.org for further information about this collection This is a verbatim transcript of…
9. Oral history interview with Renee L. Duering
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.28 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0028
Date:
interview: 1992 April 08
interview: 1992 April 23
interview: 1992 December 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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 … Switzerland. And so wanted to go with my girlfriend. But my girlfriends par.ents who were planning to go to Spain they stayed there for half year until they…
10. Oral history interview with Eddy Wynschenk
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.382 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0382
Date:
interview: 1989 September 20
interview: 1990 March 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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 … RED CROSS AND SO... The International Im talking about from Switzerland. OH SO THEY WERE ALLOWED TO COME No no no we never ... what they should have…
11. Oral history interview with Helen Waterford
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0352 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0246
Date:
interview: 1989 November 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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 … those places. Somebody said they...a cattle car came with boxes in there, and came from Switzerland and we thought that's ridiculous. But a few days later…
12. Oral history interview with Eleanor Weile
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2018.13.1 | RG Number: RG-50.172.0001
Date:
interview: 1995 October 04
interview: 1995 October 13
interview: 1995 October 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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 … spelling or accuracy. My dad traveled. His territory was part of Switzerland, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. So while he traveled outside…
13. Oral history interview with Lotte Salus
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0259 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0028
Date:
interview: 1996 February 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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 …,330 I think it was in '72, Vienna, and Switzerland, and Germany. 920 00:43:22,330 --> 00:43:23,955 What was it like to go back to Germany? 921 00:43:23…
14. Leo B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1824) interviewed by Dina Choshen and Chaya Mʻeiri,
Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1824
Author/Creator:
B., Leo, 1921-
Published:
Ramat Aviv, Israel : Beth Hatefutsoth, Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, 1986, 1987, and 1988
Special Collection:
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
…Switzerland.…