Marion Kaufman Cassirer family collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The collection consists of a suitcase and key, audio tapes, documents, newspaper clippings, and prayer book relating to the experiences of Marion Kaufmann and her mother Lina in the Netherlands and the United States after the Holocaust, during which they fled Germany and lived in hiding separately in the Netherlands. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Marion Kaufman Cassirer. An accretion was received in 2014.