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Max Frank collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.A.0133 | RG Number: RG-10.183

Overview

Description: The collection consists of eight xerographic, typescript pages from the International Tracing Service, sent to Max Frank, of Riverdale, New York, following a request he had made in 1993 for information about his family members. Includes information about his sister, Marta Mayer (née Frank, 1908-1942), who was killed at Auschwitz; Frank's brother-in-law, Hermann Mayer (1897-1942), who like his wife died at Auschwitz after having been interned at Les Milles and Drancy; and Frank's maternal grandparents, Leopold (1850-1941) and Julchen (1860-1942) Löwenstein, who died at Gurs and Auschwitz, respectively. The letters also give instructions on how to file for death certificates for each of these family members.
Date: creation: 1993

Physical Details

Language: German
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: Organization is 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: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Les Milles (Concentration camp) Gurs (Concentration camp) Concentration camp inmates--France. Jews--Germany--Baden-Württemberg. Jews--Germany--Rhineland-Palatinate.
Personal Name: Frank, Max. Mayer, Marta (1908-1942) Mayer, Hermann (1897-1942) Löwenstein, Leopold (1850-1941) Löwenstein, Julchen (1860-1942)
Corporate Name: International Tracing Service

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Max Frank donated his collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Mar. 1994.

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