Max and Ruth Levi Eis family and the Kronthal family collection
Collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of a wreath, correspondence, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Max Eis and his family in Mainz, Germany, before the Holocaust, in Theresienstadt labor camp-ghetto during the Holocaust, and after their respective immigrations to the United States and also to the experiences of the Levi and Kronthal families in Mainz and Breslau, Germany, before the Holocaust, in several concentration camps during the Holocaust, and after their respective immigrations to the United States.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Regina Lackner, the daughter of Max and Ruth Levi Eis.
- Date
- 1867-2010
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- Date
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inclusive:
1867-2010
- Geography
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received:
Mainz (Germany : Landkreis)
- Date
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received:
1933-approximately 1937
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Record last modified: 2023-05-05 13:26:17
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Levi, Kronthal, and Eis families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2012.444.1
Oak leaf wreath separated into sections awarded prewar to a Jewish youth for swimming across the Rhine River
Object | Accession Number: 2012.444.2 a-e
Handmade storybook
Object | Accession Number: 2012.444.3 a-d
