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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
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John L. Baer papers

Document | Accession Number: 2011.51.1

Date
inclusive:  1903-1999

Helmuth Baer photograph

Document | Accession Number: 2015.559.1

Date
creation:  circa 1940

Rosh Hashanah prayer book given to a German Kindertransport refugee by her father

Object | Accession Number: 2015.559.2.1

Geography
publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
received: England
Date
publication:  1928-1941
commemoration:  1941 October 16

Yom Kippur prayer book given to a German Kindertransport refugee by her father

Object | Accession Number: 2015.559.2.2

Geography
publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
received: England
Date
publication:  1928-1941
commemoration:  1941 October 16

Passover prayer book inscribed by the brother of a German Kindertransport refugee

Object | Accession Number: 2015.559.3.1

Geography
publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date
publication:  approximately 1900

Shavuot prayer book inscribed by the brother of a German Kindertransport refugee

Object | Accession Number: 2015.559.3.2

Geography
publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date
publication:  approximately 1900

New Year prayer book inscribed by the brother of a German Kindertransport refugee

Object | Accession Number: 2015.559.3.3

Geography
publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date
publication:  approximately 1900

Evening of Reconciliation prayer book inscribed by the brother of a German Kindertransport refugee

Object | Accession Number: 2015.559.3.4

Geography
publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date
publication:  approximately 1900

Feast of Tabernacles prayer book inscribed by the brother of a German Kindertransport refugee

Object | Accession Number: 2015.559.3.5

Geography
publication: Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date
publication:  approximately 1900
 
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