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Schwab family papers

Document | Accession Number: 2001.140

Contains letters written by Levi and Selma (Sara) Schwab in Büdesheim, Germany, to their children Karl and Lilly, in Chicago. Also includes documents related to Karl and Lilly's unsuccessful efforts to help their parents emigrate from Germany.

Date
inclusive:  1939-1941
Language
German
English
Genre/Form
Correspondence.
Extent
2 folders

About This Document

Document Creator
Schwab family
Biography
Levi (born in 1879 in Grenbenau, Germany) and Selma (born Sara Selma Strauss in 1883) lived in Büdesheim, Schöneck, Hessen, Germany and had two children, Karl (Carl, 1914-1998) and Lilly (later Lilly Lehman, d. 1997). Karl immigrated to the United States in 1936, Lilly arrived by 1938, and both settled in Chicago. Levi and Selma were deported from Büdesheim to Poland on 30 September 1942 or 1943 where they perished.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Dorothy Schwab donated these letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 2, 2000.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-05-25 14:57:08
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