Overview
- Description
- The Hoffman family collection consists of identification documents, correspondence, and photographs related to the Markus Hoffman and Rachela Brande Hoffman, who emigrated from Poland to the Dominican Republic, and their children Leon Hoffman and Berte Hoffman, who were both born in the Dominican Republic. The correspondence, 1939-1941, includes letters from their mothers, Rosa Brande in Czortków, Poland (now Ukraine) and Clara Hoffman in Tłumacz, Poland (now Ukraine), and other extended family members. All family members are presumed to have perished in the Holocaust. Also included are pre-war photographs taken in Poland; medical research papers written and published in Italy by Markus Hoffman, a physician, 1938; Leon and Berte Hoffman’s Dominican Republic passport, 1946; and Leon Hoffman’s naturalization certificate, 1955.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1930-1955
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leon Hoffman
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Photographs. Passport.
- Extent
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2 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The Hoffman 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
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
- Copyright Holder
- Leon Hoffman M.D.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Families.
- Geographic Name
- Dominican Republic. Chortkiv (Ukraine) Tlumach (Ukraine)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-01 11:41:23
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43378
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