Overview
- Description
- Consists of passports, documents, and correspondence related to Ludwig and Hedwig Stein, originally of Frankfurt, Germany. Ludwig and his wife Hedwig were able to emigrate to the United States after Ludwig, who was arrested on Kristallnacht, was released from Buchenwald. Includes documents related attempts to bring his brother, Josef, to the United States from France; as well as documents pertaining to Josef's life in France as a refugee from Germany, his interment in various camps as an enemy alien, and his eventual deportation to Auschwitz via Drancy, including postwar correspondence and documentation related to this. Includes post-war correspondence with another brother, Martin, who emigrated to South Africa in 1936.
- Date
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inclusive:
1938-1961
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carol Stein Blecher
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- United States--Emigration and immigration. Kristallnacht, 1938. Jews--Persecutions--Germany. Jewish refugees--France. Jewish refugees--South Africa. Jews--South Africa--Johannesburg.
- Personal Name
- Stein, Ludwig. Stein, Hedwig. Stein, Martin. Stein, Josef.
- Corporate Name
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Drancy (Internament camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Carol Blecher donated her parents' collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-07-08 13:32:38
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