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Hildegard Vicktor papers

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2015.531.1

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Overview

Description: 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
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Goldberg
Collection 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.

Physical Details

Language: German English
Genre/Form: Photographs.
Extent: 7 folders
System of Arrangement: The Hildegard Vicktor papers are arranged as a single series: Series 1: Hildegard Vicktor papers, approximately 1910-2013

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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.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Germany--Landau. Jewish refugees--New York (State)--New York (City). Jews--Genealogy. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Landau.
Geographic Name: Böchingen (Germany) Landau (Germany) St. Ingbert (Germany) Edesheim (Germany) Spiesen (Germany)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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.

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