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Brandstaetter family papers

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    Description
    Documents pertaining to the family of Salomon and Estera Brandstaetter, originally of Brzesko and Będzin, Poland. Includes birth certificates for Salomon (issued in Brzesko 1936) and Estera (issued in Będzin, 1980), school certificates for Salomon (1931 and 1935), a ketubah, documenting the wedding of Salomon and Estera in Lwów, Poland (12 April 1940), an envelope that formerly contained a letter (not extant), sent by Salamon’s mother, Malka Brandstaetter to her brother, Arnold, in New York (1941), a certificate issued by the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community in Munich, attesting to the validity of the marriage of Salomon and Estera (1947); certificates of identity in lieu of a passport, for Salomon and Estera, issued by the United States Consulate in Munich (1947), and a receipt for ship’s passage on the S.S. Ernie Pyle (1947).
    Date
    inclusive:  1931-1980
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara Bass
    Collection Creator
    Brandstaetter family
    Biography
    Salomon Brandstaetter was born on 23 April 1918 in Brzesko, Poland, to Schulim and Malke (née Sterngast) Brandstätter. Estera Freidenreich was born on 24 December 1914 in Będzin, Poland, to Naftali and Idesa (née Szwarc) Freidenreich (variant spelling: Frajdenrajch). They were married on 12 April 1940 in Lwów, Poland, and had two children: Ida (born 20 June 1943, Dobczyce, Poland) and Schulim (born 28 November 1946, Munich). After surviving the Holocaust in Poland, the Brandstaetters ended up in displaced persons camps in Germany following the war, and immigrated to the United States in 1947.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Polish Hebrew English
    Extent
    1 folder

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
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    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

    Corporate Name
    Ernie Pyle (Ship)

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Barbara Bass, the daughter of Salomon and Estera Brandstaetter.
    Record last modified:
    2024-11-07 10:43:49
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