Overview
- Description
- Consists of photographs, clippings, and a speech from the collection of Marianne Cohn Roberts, originally of Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany. Includes pre-war photographs of family, the family store, summer camp, and other images of pre-war Jewish life in Germany. Also includes a newsclippings and a speech written by Marianne Roberts in 2011 describing her experiences witnessing the rise of antisemitism in Germany, Kristallnacht, confiscation of goods, and of her family's emigration to the United States in 1939. Also includes an identity card portrait of Marianne Cohn Roberts in which she was instructed to expose her ear, as the photographer told her it was a typical "Jewish" ear.
- Date
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inclusive:
1920-2011
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marianne Roberts
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- 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
- Topical Term
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Geographic Name
- Ludwgishafen am Rhein (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Roberts, Marianne Cohn.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Marianne Cohn Roberts donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:57:06
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn46682
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Also in Marianne Cohn Roberts collection
The collection consist of a bank note, clippings, photographs, and a speech relating to the experiences of Marianne Cohn Roberts, who left Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany, for the United States in 1939.
Date: 1920-2011