Charlotte Sonnenberg papers
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Overview
- Description
- The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Charlotte Alexander (later Charlotte Sonnenberg) and her husband Herbert Alexander, and consists of a postcard written by Herbert to Charlotte during his imprisonment in the Buchenwald concentration camp following Kristallnacht, identification cards of Charlotte’s from Leipzig, Germany and Shanghai, China, and a photograph of Herbert’ tombstone in Shanghai.
- Date
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inclusive:
1938-1941
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Charlotte Alexander
- Collection Creator
- Charlotte A. Sonnenberg
- Biography
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Charlotte Alexander (1910-1999?, née Lichtendorf) was born on 22 January 1910 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany to Regina and Emmanuel Lichtendorf. She had one brother. Her parents owned a store in in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. She married Herbert Alexander (1902-1946) in 1937 in Germany and they lived in Leipzig. During Kristallnacht Herbert was arrested and imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp. After his release, the Alexanders fled Germany and immigrated to Shanghai, China. Herbert was a doctor and practiced medicine at a hospital run by the American Presbyterian Mission during the war. Herbert died of natural causes in 1946 and Charlotte immigrated to the United States in 1947. She settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and later remarried.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Postcards. Photographs. Identification cards.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement of 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--China--Shanghai. Refugees, Jewish--China--Shanghai--History. China--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Jews--Germany--Leipzig.
- Geographic Name
- Leipzig (Germany) Shanghai (China)
- Personal Name
- Alexander, Herbert. Sonnenberg, Charlotte Alexander.
- Corporate Name
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
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 Charlotte Alexander Sonnenberg in 1988.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:10:38
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514045
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