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Ehrenhaft family collection

Document | Accession Number: 2011.328.1

Consists of marriage, schooling, immigration, and employment documentation and correspondence related to the family of Bruno Benjamin Ehrenhaft and Anne Polacek Ehrenhaft, who were originally of Czechoslovakia but lived in Vienna, Austria in the 1930s. Includes extensive pre-war documentation related to both Bruno and Anne and documents related to their emigration with sons George and Peter from Vienna to Czechoslovakia in 1938, to London in 1939, and to New York in 1940. Includes Bruno Ehrenhaft's wartime employment documents, documents related to his parents, David and Olga Ehrenhaft, and family restitution documents. Also includes two booklets related to the family history and two CDs containing oral histories with Peter and George Ehrenhaft.

Date
inclusive:  1890-2009
Language
German
English
Czech
Genre/Form
Correspondence.
Identification documents.
Restitution paperwork.
Extent
7 folders
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Ehrenhaft

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Peter Ehrenhaft donate the Ehrenhaft family collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in June 2011.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
Donor retains copyright on oral and family histories. Other material 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.

 
Record last modified: 2021-11-23 11:04:22
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Also in This Collection

Oral history interview with Peter Ehrenhaft and George Ehrenhaft

Oral History

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