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Abraham M. Neumann family collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0251 | RG Number: RG-10.153

Overview

Description: Contains certificates, legal documents, identification documents, travel documents, menus, postcards, Reisepasse, school report cards, letters, booklets, and photographs relating to the life of Abraham M. Neumann and the Neumann and Kuerschner families in Warsaw, Poland, and Vienna, Austria, and the emigration of several family members to the United States.
Date: 1860-1953

Physical Details

Language: German Polish Russian
Genre/Form: Photographs. Postcards. Letters. Report cards. Menus. Identification cards.
Extent: 1 box
System of Arrangement: Organized into the following series: RG-10.153*01, Papers, 1907-1941 (5 folders) and RG-10.153*02, Photographs, 1860-1953 (2 folders)
Arrangement within each series is generally chronological

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: Jews--Poland--Warsaw. Jews--Austria--Vienna. Jews, Polish--United States. Jews, Austrian--United States.
Geographic Name: United States--Emigration and immigration. Poland--Emigration and immigration. Austria--Emigration and immigration.
Personal Name: Neumann, Abraham M. (Abraham Mordecai) Neumann family. Kuerschner family.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Abraham M. Neumann, father of Helen Neuman Berger (donor), collected the materials over the span of his life. The collection became the possession of Gertrude Neumann, wife of Abraham Neumann, at the time of his death in Jan. 1989. One year later, Gertrude Neumann gave the collection to her daughter, Helen Neuman Berger. Helen Neuman Berger and her husband, Paul Berger, donated the materials to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Aug. 15, 1997. Helen N. Berger provided the inventory and preliminary description for the collection at the time of donation.

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