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1. Max and Shari Bronner papers
1997.A.0249 Box 1 Folder 12 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0249
Date:
inclusive: 1923-1942
… 1942) Eichenbronner. He immigrated to the United States in April 1937, settled in Chicago, and changed his name. Max tried to bring his parents to the…
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 … Bronner papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, and immigration files documenting Max Bronner’s successful efforts to bring Shari Bronner…
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2. Robert and Louise Brunner papers
2002.152 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2002.152
Date:
inclusive: 1901-1956
…The Robert and Louise Brunner papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, emigration and immigration files, and printed materials…
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 … papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, emigration and immigration files, and printed materials documenting Robert Brunner and Louise…
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3. Klopstock family papers
1997.12 Box 1 Folder 20 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1997.12
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inclusive: 1902-1945
…The Klopstock family papers include biographical material, emigration and immigration material, correspondence, publications, and photographs…
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 … Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: The Klopstock family papers include biographical material, emigration and immigration…
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4. Metz and Oberlaender families papers
2014.478.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 46
Document | Accession Number: 2014.478.1
Date:
inclusive: 1912-2015
bulk: 1915-1950
… immigrated to the United States to join Bernhard (Hardy) Oberlaender, a friend whom she had met in Frankfurt and who had immigrated to the United States in…
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 …, originally of Frankfurt am Main, Germany and correspondence, biographical materials, and immigration materials related to the Oberlaender family, originally of…
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  • Series 2: Metz family papers, 1912-2014: Documents related to Gabrielle Metz Oberlaender 1939-1950 [On Campus Only]
    • File 4: Correspondence and forms related to the immigration and naturalization of Metz, Gabrielle (2 folders) 1939-1943 [On Campus Only]
    • Series 8: Oberlaender family papers, 1930-2015: Immigration materials 1934-1942 [On Campus Only]
      5. Oral history interview with Siegmund Levarie
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 2012.474.17 | RG Number: RG-50.763.0017
      Date:
      interview: 2000
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      … Galicia during the Holocaust era, including their experiences in immigration to various countries.…
      6. Oral history interview with Jerry Molton
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1018 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1018
      Date:
      interview: 1990 June 19
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      … faced; and their subsequent decision to immigrate to the United States in 1936. He discusses his experiences as an immigrant in Chicago, the family…
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       … that accepting immigrants made America great. Historically, he also feels that the British insistence that France not respond to Germany's invasion of…
      7. Oral history interview with Thomas Trier
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.135 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0135
      Date:
      interview: 2000 May 31
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      … family life; his education in a Jewish school; his experiences in Nazi-era Germany; the economic difficulties his family faced; their decision to immigrate…
      8. Oral history interview with Arnold Weiss
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 2005.276 | RG Number: RG-50.804.0001
      Date:
      interview: 2004
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      …Arnold Weiss, born in Nuremberg, Germany, describes his experiences in an orphanage before the war; his immigration to the United States in 1938 with…
      9. Gustav Spitzer letters
      Gustav Spitzer letters
      Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0019
      Date:
      inclusive: 1938-1939
      … in granting them affidavits so they may immigrate to the United States. The letters show the desperation and discrimination that Jews were facing at…
      10. Oral history interview with Ilse Hertz
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.834 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0834
      Date:
      interview: 1991 March 28
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      … experiences during Kristallnacht in November 1938, when her fiance was arrested and imprisoned in Dachau, his immigration to Cuba in March 1940, and her…
      11. Katz family correspondence
      Document | Accession Number: 1989.127 | RG Number: RG-19.006.01
      … immigrated to the United States before the start of World War II and settled in Hoboken, New Jersey. Max worked to secure funding and visas for his family…
      12. Oral history interview with Ralph Rehbock
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.60 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0060
      Date:
      interview: 1986 March 16
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      … years old; going to England on the way to the United States; settling in Chicago, IL; the other immigrant children in Chicago; feeling accepted by the…
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       … talked about. Q. Did you feel any different about yourself in school? A. In the 40s here in Chicago there were other immigrant children. There were 2 other…
      13. Oral history interview with Adele Goldberg
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.228.17 | RG Number: RG-50.060.0017
      Date:
      interview: 1988 January 03
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      … to work in numerous camps; liberation; finding her brother in Italy; getting married; visiting Israel; and her immigration to the United States.…
      14. Oral history interview with Fritzie Fritzshall
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0184 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0020
      Date:
      interview: 1998 September 22
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      …; immigrating to the United States; the fate of her family members; reuniting with her family; her life in Chicago, IL; meeting her husband; how she started…
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       …; being smuggled out of Communist Germany; immigrating to the United States; the fate of her family members; being reunited with her family; her life in…
      15. Oral history interview with Arthur Weil
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.534 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0534
      Date:
      interview: 2002 September 25
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      … experiences in a children's home; the antisemitism he witnessed and endured his immigration to the United States as one of the One Thousand Children in July…
      16. Oral history interview with Francis Akos
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0183 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0021
      Date:
      interview: 1998 September 23
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      …; immigrating to the United States; his family life in Chicago; his feelings during his business trips back to Europe; and his views on religion.…
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       …; being a violinist for the British officers club; trying to survive in postwar Budapest, Hungary; living in Berlin, Germany; immigrating to the United…
      17. Oral history interview with Aron Derman
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.20 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0020
      Date:
      interview: 1993 March 04
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      … (Vilnius, Lithuania) in hopes of immigrating to Palestine that came to no avail; the ghettoization of Slonim; the liquidation of half the ghetto and his…
      18. Oral history interview with Walter Steirman
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.365 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0365
      Date:
      interview: 2001 May 29
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      … (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) when he arrived; settling in Chicago, IL with an aunt; his education; the challenges he faced; his induction into the United…
      19. Oral history interview with Robert Sokal
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.539 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0539
      Date:
      interview: 1999 October 15
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      …; meeting his wife, who was a classmate in a college in Shanghai; immigrating to the United States and going to Chicago, IL; getting married when his wife…
      20. Oral history interview with Gittel Jaskulski Hunt
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      Oral History | Accession Number: 2008.370 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0552
      Date:
      interview: 2008 November 09
      Special Collection:
      The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
      … Theresienstadt; immigrating to the United States in 1951 and settling in Chicago, IL; learning about her story from her grandmother; adjusting to life in the US…