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Edith Simon Rosenthal papers

Document | Accession Number: 2005.564.1

The collection includes a family photograph album and Edith Simon Rosenthal's birth, vaccination, and naturalization certificates documenting the lives of the Simon family from Leipzig, Germany before World War II and their immigration to the United States.

Date
inclusive:  1923-1946
Language
German
English
Genre/Form
Certificates.
Photographs.
Photograph albums.
Extent
1 folder
1 oversize box
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ellen, Erin, and Mark Rosenthal

About This Document

Document Creator
Edith Rosenthal
Biography
Edith Simon (1923-2009) was born on February 26, 1923, in Leipzig, Germany, to William and Margaret (Grete) Maerker Simon. Grete’s parents were Louis and Hedwig Weil Maerker. Edith had two sisters, Lotte, born in 1925, and Gerda, born in 1921. Grete and Willy married in Bernburg and settled in Leipzig where Willy operated a prosperous real estate and mortgage business. His business did well even during the difficult economic conditions of the 1920s. But after Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 with the growing persecution of Jews and boycotts of their businesses, her father's business began to fail. The family left Germany for the United States in 1937 and settled in Philadelphia. She married Harry Rosenthal and they had two children. Many family members were deported to Theresienstadt and other concentration camps where they were killed.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arrranged as a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Mark, Ellen and Erin Rosenthal.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-06-10 15:21:12
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The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and a photograph album relating to the experiences of Edith Simon Rosenthal and her family in Leipzig, Germany, prior to their emigration to the United States in 1937.

Handthrown ceramic vase with relief design of birds used by a German Jewish refugee family

Handthrown ceramic vase with relief design of birds used by a German Jewish refugee family

Object

Vase brought in a steamer trunk by 13 year old Edith Simon when she, her parents, Willy and Greta, and her sisters, Lotte and Gerda, emigrated from Leipzig, Germany, to the United States in 1937. The vase was a family heirloom, orignally owned by Hedwig Maerker, Edith's grandmother, who was killed in Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942.

Large, gold painted tin camelback trunk used by a German Jewish refugee family

Large, gold painted tin camelback trunk used by a German Jewish refugee family

Object

Large, intricately designed camelback trunk used by 13 year old Edith Simon when she, her parents, Willy and Greta, and her sisters, Lotte and Gerda, emigrated from Leipzig, Germany, to the United States in 1937. The trunk was originally owned by Edith's grandmother, Hedwig Maerker, who was killed in Theresienstadt concentration camp during the Holocaust.

Floral and lion patterned needlepoint table covering saved by a German Jewish refugee family

Object

Bed or table covering brought in a steamer trunk by 13 year old Edith Simon when she, her parents, Willy and Greta, and her sisters, Lotte and Gerda, emigrated from Leipzig, Germany, to the United States in 1937. The needlepoint covering was made in the early years of the 20th century by Hedwig Maerker, Edith's grandmother, who was killed in Theresienstadt concentration camp during the Holocaust.

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