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Knopf family collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.152.1

Overview

Description: The Knopf family collection consists of documents related to the Holocaust experiences of Oswald, Frieda, and Jeanette Knopf, originally of Vienna, Austria. Includes Oswald and Frieda Knopf's pre-war papers, including the marriage certificate for Frieda's parents, Jeanette Winter and Solomon Wolfer (1901), Oswald's pre-World War I military papers, schooling papers, their ketubah, and a copy of their Viennese marriage certificate. Also includes immigration paperwork, Oswald and Frieda Knopf's 1938-1939 Reisepasses, a health certification for boat travel, a 1939 immigration card for their daughter, Jeanette Knopf, naturalization papers, and correspondence regarding alien registration.
Date: inclusive: 1902-1942
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jackie Fishman

Physical Details

Language: German English Hebrew
Genre/Form: Passports. Identification documents. Certificates. Naturalization records.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Knopf family collection is arranged in a single series.

Rights & 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.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Austria--Vienna--History. Vienna (Austria)--Emigration and immigration--History.
Geographic Name: Austria. Vienna (Austria)
Personal Name: Knopf, Oswald, 1888- Knopf, Frieda, 1887- Knopf, Jeanette, 1925-

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Jackie Fishman donated the Knopf family collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in March 2010. Jackie Fishman is the granddaughter of Oswald and Frieda Knopf.
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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