Overview
- Description
- The papers consist of documents relating to Adolf Kaufmann's and Kurt Wolfgang Ruppel's experiences during and after the Holocaust, including a form from the Red Cross International Tracing Service, a document of exclusion from the Wehrmacht, and an identification certificate from the British Home Office.
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1958
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ilse Salomon
- Collection Creator
- Adolf Kaufmann
Kurt W. Ruppel - Biography
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Adolf Kaufmann (1873-1942) was born in Ladenburg, Germany to Leopold and Fanny Kaufmann. He was deported from the Preungesheim prison in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in to the Buchenwald concentration camp in June 1942 where he perished.
Kurt Wolfgang Ruppel was born on 25 January 1917 in Gotha, Germany to Richard Ruppel and Margarete Simson. Prior to World War II he was a medical student. He immigrated to England around 1939. In 1946 he immigrated to the United States.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Certificates.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement of the collection 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
- Jews--Germany--Frankfurt am Main. Jews--Germany--Gotha.
- Geographic Name
- Gotha (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Kaufmann, Adolf. Ruppel, Kurt Wolfgang.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Ilse Saloman in 1988.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-23 13:56:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514022
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