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Marianne Cohn Roberts collection

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2012.191.1

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    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
    inclusive:  1920-2011
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marianne Roberts

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Photographs.
    Extent
    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.
    Personal Name
    Roberts, Marianne Cohn.

    Administrative Notes

    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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