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1. Teodor Diamant papers
2017.557. 1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2017.557.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-2017
bulk: 1939-1952
… 1944 and enlisted with a Czechoslovakian unit. He was discharged in 1946 and immigrated to the United States later that year. While in England he married…
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 …1 TEODOR DIAMANT PAPERS, CIRCA 1920-2017 2017.557.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
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2. Kahan family papers
2016.356.1 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2016.356.1
Date:
inclusive: 1937-1985
bulk: 1946-1956
…, Jenö and Gizella decided that they wanted to immigrate to the United States, initially obtaining visas for Paraguay, where they had hoped to stay while…
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 …KAHAN FAMILY PAPERS, 1937-1985 (bulk, 1946-1956) 2016.356.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington…
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3. 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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4. 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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5. Holub, Glaser, and Ornstein families papers
2019.320.1 Box 5 Folder 5 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2019.320.1
Date:
inclusive: 1917-2006
… textile industry and Eva was a high school English teacher. Vivian immigrated to the United States in 1971. Eva, Herbert, and Marie immigrated to the United…
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 …1 HOLUB, GLASER, AND ORNSTEIN FAMILIES PAPERS, 1917-2006 2019.320.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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6. 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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7. Joseph and Margaret Weiss family papers
1998.A.0297 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 28
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0297
Date:
inclusive: 1934-1978
… New York. They arrived in the United States in February and settled in Indiana. Olga Weiss soon moved to Prague, was transported to Theresienstadt on…
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 …JOSEPH AND MARGARET WEISS FAMILY PAPERS, 1934-1978 1998.A.0297 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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8. 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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9. Fred Schiller papers
Document | Accession Number: 1991.172 | RG Number: RG-10.451
Date:
inclusive: 1935-1948
… necessitated a stopover in New York. He thought that any stay in the United States would increase his chances of obtaining an American immigration quota number…
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 … RG-10.451 Small Collections RG-10.451 Fred Schiller Papers, 1935-1948. 1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Finding Aid RG-10 Small…
10. 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…
11. Feuerlicht and Grussgott family papers
2013.147.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 61
Document | Accession Number: 2013.147.1
… where Nelly and Yetti were able to depart for the United States. Nelly and her mother attempted to get Ignatz a visa to enter the United States in 1942…
12. Diane Lewis papers
Document | Accession Number: 2005.430.1
Date:
1923-1957
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
13. 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…
14. 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.…
15. American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors collection
Document | Accession Number: 1991.A.0089 | RG Number: RG-02.002
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1983
bulk: 1983
…United States Holocaust Memorial Council…
16. Elena Fleischnerova papers
2018.488.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2018.488.1
Date:
bulk: 1939-1941
inclusive: 1937-1941
… immigrate to the United States. Elena’s parents were deported to Theresienstadt in July 1942. Moritz perished at Theresienstadt in 1942 and Emilie was…
17. Abraham Spiegel papers
2004.546.1 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2004.546.1
Date:
inclusive: 1928-1972
bulk: 1928-1954
…, and a death march. He was reunited with his wife after the war, they had son Thomas in 1946, immigrated to the United States in December 1947, settled…
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 … 1 ABRAHAM SPIEGEL PAPERS, 1928-1972 (bulk 1928-1954) 2004.546.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
18. Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) records
Document | Accession Number: 2008.19 | RG Number: RG-67.012
Date:
inclusive: 1935-2006
… countries, allowing many of them to find passage to the United States. The present-day Unitarian Universalist Service Committee continues to endeavor to…
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 …, Archivist Processing and digitization of the collection funded by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine, France…
19. Laura Sternberger and Adolf Preizler papers
Document | Accession Number: 2015.362.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2014
…, Izak (Irving, 1912-1999), and Bertha (1901-1981). Louis immigrated to the United States in 1923, Rudolf by 1928, Izak in 1937, and Bertha probably during…
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 …LAURA STERNBERGER AND ALBERT PREIZLER PAPERS, circa 1900-2014 2015.362.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place…
20. Irene and Henry Frank papers
2016.496.1 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2016.496.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1930-1992
… many people to leave Germany. Irene’s family was allowed to immigrate to the United States, but Friedrich’s reluctance to leave his mother alone in…
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 …IRENE AND HENRY FRANK PAPERS, approximately 1930-1992 2016. 496.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
21. Henry Alter papers
Document | Accession Number: 2000.248
Date:
inclusive: 1840-1998
bulk: 1939-1955
… committed suicide in Vienna in 1935. Henry emigrated from Austria to the United States in June 1939. He settled in Scranton, Pennsylvania to attend the…
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 …HENRY ALTER PAPERS, 1840-1998 2000.248 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel…
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 …United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Finding Aid Acc. 2000.248 Title: Henry Alter papers, 1840-1999. Extent: 2 boxes, 2 oversize files…
22. Edith Stein papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.347.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1985
undated: 
… a Protestant family, the Brassels, until liberation. After the war, the family returned to Antwerp. In 1951 they immigrated to the United States with…
23. Celia and Arthur Stern papers
2006.36.1 Oversize 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2006.36.1
Date:
inclusive: 1917-1945
… event, Arthur and Celia went to the American consulate to obtain visas. Both had family in the United States, and were able to get affidavits to…
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 …CELIA AND ARTHUR STERN PAPERS, 1917‐1945 2006.36.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington…
24. Gelb and Heiser family collection
Document | Accession Number: 2015.364.1
Date:
inclusive: 1931-2003
… escaped through Italy and boarded a ship to the United States, arriving in May 1940, and was sponsored by Rosa's uncles in Cleveland, Ohio. Two weeks after…
25. Susan Beer collection
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0073 | RG Number: RG-02.144
… moved to Bratislava (Slovakia) and then immigrated to the United States in 1948.…
26. Gutmann family papers
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.1194.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1986
bulk: 1938-1965
… Friedmann (1891-1919). Numerous relatives of Clara, including her brother Abraham Friedmann, lived in the United States prior to the start of World War II…
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 …GUTMANN FAMILY PAPERS, circa 1900-1986 1995.A.1194.2 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
27. Goldmann family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.639.32
Date:
inclusive: 1876-1974
… Scheurenberg), already immigrated to the United States. As they prepared to leave, Kurt was enrolled at several schools including Stadtische Technische…
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 ….639.32 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel. (202) 479-9717 e-mail: reference@ushmm…
28. Franz Gerhard Back papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.588.1
Date:
inclusive: 1891-1938
… immigrated to the United States in 1939, arriving in New York via Cherbourg aboard the Deutschland.…
29. Blau family papers
2005.517.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 2005.517.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1954
… Deggendorf displaced persons camp in Germany to await immigration to the United States. In 1946, Gertrude was sent to Italy by a Zionist group that helped…
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 …1 BLAU FAMILY PAPERS, 1930-1954 2005.517.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126…
30. Elizabeth Margosches family papers
2002.436.1 Box 1 Folder 12 Image 35
Document | Accession Number: 2002.436.1
Date:
creation: 1888-2010
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… engineering. The couple had their only child, Elizabeth, in 1947, and the family immigrated to the United States in 1948, settling in Princeton. Berthold Reik…
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 …ELIZABETH MARGOSCHES FAMILY PAPERS, 1888-2010 2002.436.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington…
31. Schlesinger family papers
Document | Accession Number: 1998.185.1
Date:
1945-1960
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gail S. Zimmerman…
32. Friedman family papers
2009.348.2 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 21
Document | Accession Number: 2009.348.2
Date:
inclusive: 1921-2009
… corresponded with Ruth's maternal aunt and uncle, Aaron and Fanny Stern, who had immigrated to the United States before the war. Though not wealthy themselves…
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 …1 FRIEDMAN FAMILY PAPERS, 1921-2009 2009.348.2 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
33. Paula Abelow collection
2008.111.1 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2008.111.1
Date:
inclusive: 1904-1957
bulk: 1923-1948
… Switzerland. Felix and Eugenie left for the United States on a travel visa. The children would reunite with their parents in March of 1940, but the visa had…
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 …PAULA ABELOW COLLECTION, 1904‐1957 [bulk 1923‐1948] 2008.111.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
34. Manfred and Adella Plaut collection
Document | Accession Number: 2019.469.1
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
35. Survivors arrive in US
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Film | Accession Number: 2001.352.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3265 | Film ID: 2534
Film Title:
Spravodajsky Film - tyzden vo filme
Date:
Event: 1946
Duration:
00:00:46
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
…UNITED STATES…
36. Gladys Grantz passport
2019.326.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2019.326.1
Date:
creation: 1938-1939
… joined him in the United States. They had two children, Linda E. Roberts (née Grantz, b. July 5, 1939) and Carl Grantz (b. July 10, 1942).…
37. Henry Schimmel collection
Document | Accession Number: 2011.126.1
Date:
inclusive: 1945-1947
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
38. John (Hans) Buchsbaum papers
2016.437.1 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2016.437.1
Date:
inclusive: 1929-2015
undated: 
bulk: 1939-1941
… ways to emigrate, seeking visas with the help of a cousin in the United States, Benjamin Buchsbaum. Following the German occupation of the remainder of…
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 …1 JOHN (HANS) BUCHSBAUM PAPERS, 1929-2015, and undated (bulk, 1939-1941) 2016.437.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul…
39. Ansbacher family papers
2015.534.2 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2015.534.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1875-1990
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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 …1 ANSBACHER FAMILY PAPERS, approximately 1875-1990 2015.534.2 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
40. Henry Knepler papers
2004.683.1 Box 3 Folder 12 Image 17
Document | Accession Number: 2004.683.1 | RG Number: RG-10.458
Date:
inclusive: 1850-2004
… interned in Trois Rivierès, New Brunswick, and Sherbrook. He obtained a BA and an MA in English literature before immigrating to the United States in 1946…
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 …1 HENRY KNEPLER PAPERS, approximately 1850‐2004 2004.683.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
41. Eisenberg and Birnbaum families papers
2016.188.1 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 20
Document | Accession Number: 2016.188.1
Date:
inclusive: 1904-1970
… Danzig, it was decided that she would immigrate to the United States to study medicine, and that her parents would soon follow. With the help of Sonia…
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 …1 EISENBERG AND BIRNBAUM FAMILIES PAPERS, 1904-1970 2016.188.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
42. Hana and Charles Bruml papers
1989.303.57 Box 2 Folder 34 Image 8
Document | Accession Number: 1989.303.57
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880-2001
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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 … 1 HANA AND CHARLES BRUML PAPERS, approximately 1880-2001 1989.303.57 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
43. Litke family papers
2015.547.1 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2015.547.1
Date:
inclusive: 1922-1981
bulk: 1945-1981
… Ganacker concentration camp, Ganacker, Germany. He was liberated in May, 1945 by the United States Army. After liberation, he went to the Eggenfelden…
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 …1 LITKE FAMILY PAPERS, 1922‐1981 2015.547.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
44. Goldschmied family papers
2018.96.1 Box 1 Folder 20 Image 23
Document | Accession Number: 2018.96.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1852-1985
…, Josef, married a U.S. citizen, Evelyn Steiner. Josef, Evelyn, and their son Harry (1926-2011) were able to immigrate to the United States in 1942. The…
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 …1 GOLDSCHMIED FAMILY PAPERS, approximately 1852-1985 2018.96.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
45. Bela and Gisa Pless papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.285.1
Date:
inclusive: 1921-1995
undated: 
… brothers. He married Gisella Susskind (Gisa) on August 9, 1939. By 1941, Bela and Gisa had applied for a visa to immigrate to the United States. They…
46. Czerner, Fröhlich, and Porges families papers
2018.463.1 Box 2 Folder 17 Image 53
Document | Accession Number: 2018.463.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1906-1993
bulk: 1920-1944
… certificates. These birth certificates would later prove her children’s eligibility to enter the United States under the Russian quota during World War II. In…
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 …1 CZERNER, FRÖHLICH, AND PORGES FAMILIES PAPERS, circa 1906-1993 2018.463.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg…
47. Agi Geva papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.470.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1930-2000
… grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren. After living in Israel for 53 years, Agi came to the United States to live with her daughter. She has volunteered at…
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 …1 AGI GEVA PAPERS, circa 1930-2000 2019.470.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
48. Oral history interview with Ružena Höllingerová
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2011.439.39 | RG Number: RG-50.675.0039
Date:
interview: 2015 July 31
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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 …United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Rozhovor s Růženou Höllingerovou RG‐50.675.0039 Dobrý den. Dobrý den. Můžete mi prosím říct celé…
49. Edmund Schechter papers
1999.A.0276 Box 2 Folder 3 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0276
Date:
inclusive: 1941-1995
… an American‐ controlled radio station in Germany, Radio in the American Sector (RIAS). He returned to the United States briefly in 1946 and obtained…
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 …EDMUND SCHECHTER PAPERS, 1941‐1995 1999.A.0276 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
50. Ernest G. Heppner papers
Document | Accession Number: 1989.243.322 | RG Number: RG-10.236
Date:
inclusive: 1929-1980
… lived in Washington, D.C., sent an affidavit for the family, but the lengthy quota list made immigration to the United States impossible. The only other…
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 …ERNEST G. HEPPNER PAPERS, 1929-1980 1989.243.322 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…