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Hildegard Vicktor papers

Document | Accession Number: 2015.531.1

The Hildegard Vicktor papers consist of family trees; correspondence tracing Hilde’s aunt Berthilde Kern Kohler; a history of the Jewish community of Landau in der Pfalz; photocopies of birth, marriage, and death certificates for Karl and Hilde Vicktor and Isabella Kern; two photographs of the Vicktor, Kern, and Michel families; an article about Kristallnacht in Landau; an article about Hilde’s cousin Werner Michel; memorial remarks by the mayor of Landau in 1987; and Hilde’s brief account of her return visits to Germany.

Date
inclusive:  circa 1910-circa 2013
Language
German
English
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
7 folders
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Goldberg

About This Document

Document Creator
Hildegard Vicktor
Biography
Hildegard (Hilde) Vicktor (1909-2012) was born in Böchingen, Germany, just outside Landau, to wine merchant Eugene Kern (1877-1935) and his wife, Isabella (nee Michel, 1885-1950) from Edesheim. In 1933 Hilde married cattle dealer Karl Vicktor (1906-1975) from Spiesen. Their daughter Ruth was born in St. Ingbert in 1934. Hilde immigrated to the United States in 1936 with her husband, daughter, and mother-in-law (Klara Vicktor, 1878-1955) and settled in Brooklyn. Hilde’s mother joined them later that year.
System of Arrangement
The Hildegard Vicktor papers are arranged as a single series: Series 1: Hildegard Vicktor papers, approximately 1910-2013

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Ruth Goldberg donated the Hildegard Vicktor papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

 
Record last modified: 2021-11-10 13:03:48
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