Scharlack family correspondence

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2004.477

Overview

Description: Consists of correspondence from the Dannenberg family, of Kassel, Germany, to the Scharlack family in the United States. Hugo and Blanka Dannenberg Scharlack emigrated from Germany to the United States with their children in 1938, but Mrs. Scharlack's family (consisting of her mother, Emma Dannenberg, and sisters Johanna and Berta Dannenberg, and Hedwig Amster), for financial and emigration reasons, were unable to escape. They write to her of the conditions in Germany and of their desires and frustrations regarding the emigration process.
Date: 1938-1943

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Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Ellen Spilka donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Dec. 23, 2002.