Riesenfeld family collection

Overview

Collection Summary

Collection of documents, photographs, papers, correspondence, a steamer trunk and other assorted materials documenting and related to the experiences of Bruno and Frieda Riesenfeld (nee Schwabacher) and their children Ernst and James (donor's father) originally from Wurzburg, Germany who fled to the Netherlands and immigrated to the United States in March 1940. Also documents extended family and friends.

Provenance

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 and 2017 by Susan Driscoll, granddaughter of Bruno and Frieda Riesenfeld, for the Riesenfeld family.