Overview
- Description
- Collection of photographs depicting the Rotenberg family in Jauer, Germany and in Tientsin, China in the years 1930-1948. Collection of documents relating to Haim Szmul Rotenberg, cantor and shochet (ritual slaughterer for kashrut), his wife Rosa Deborah Pollak Rotenberg, and their two sons, Bernhard and Wolfgang, and their efforts to emigrate from Germany in 1938-1939; school certificates from Jewish school in Tientsin, China. Correspondence: letters and postcards from members of the Rotenberg and Pollak families residing in Poland, dated 1939-1941.
- Date
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inclusive:
1930-1948
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rena and Wolfgang Rotenberg
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Photographs. Certificates.
- Extent
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2 folders
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- China.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Ms. Rena Rotenberg and Mr. Wolfgang Rotenberg
- Record last modified:
- 2023-01-10 11:48:13
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42498
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- Terms of Use
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