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Baer family collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of two multi-volume sets of Jewish prayer books and a photograph relating to the experiences of Lore Baer, her parents Hellmuth and Hedwig, and her brother Max in Germany, France, Shanghai, Britain, and Australia before and during the Holocaust.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Lore Kirchheimer, the daughter of Hellmuth and Hedwig Baer.
Date: 1900-1941

Date: creation: approximately 1940
Geography: publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
received: England
Date: publication: 1928-1941
commemoration: 1941 October 16
Geography: publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
received: England
Date: publication: 1928-1941
commemoration: 1941 October 16
Geography: publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date: publication: approximately 1900
Geography: publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date: publication: approximately 1900
Geography: publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date: publication: approximately 1900
Geography: publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date: publication: approximately 1900
Geography: publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date: publication: approximately 1900
: Record last modified: 2019-07-19 10:44:06
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