Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Miniature Melograph record made by Bianka Schönberger on May 8, 1928. Bianka and her parents, Moritz and Helene, were passengers aboard the MS St. Louis. He sought asylum in France where he was interned in Gurs, St. Cyprien, and Les Milles. He and his family had emigrated to the United States by 1943
- Date
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creation:
1928 May 08
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Julie Klein
- Markings
- Miniature recording. "Melograph Platte"
- Contributor
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Manufacturer:
Melograph Record Gmbh
Physical Details
- Classification
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Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
- Category
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Audio-visual materials
- Object Type
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Personal recordings (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Miniature recording
- Dimensions
- overall: | Depth: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
- Inscription
- on paper label, pencil : 8. / Mai / 1928
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Melograph recording was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Julie Klein, the daughter of Bianka Schönberger.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:29:31
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521104
Also in Moritz Schoenberger family collection
The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs related to the experiences of Moritz, Helene, and Bianka Schoenberger, including their escape from Austria after the Anschluss and their roundtrip voyage aboard the MS St. Louis in 1939, Moritz's internment in France, and the family's emigration to the United States.
Date: 1887-1967
Wallet
Object
The stitched and embossed leather wallet belonged to Moritz Schönberger; diamond designs on front and back
Schönberger family papers
Document
The Schönberger family papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, immigration files, photographic materials, printed materials, and French internment camp songs documenting the Schönberger family of Vienna; Helene and Bianka Schönberger’s immigratin to the United States aboard the Hansa in March 1939; and Moritz Schönberger’s voyage aboard the St. Louis, return to Europe, internment in French concentration camps, and immigration to the United States in 1942. Biographical materials include identification papers, birth certificates, and school, employment, medical and military records documenting the Schönberger family. Correspondence consists of a postcard from the St. Louis and a letter Moritz Schönberger wrote his family from Les Milles. Immigration files include telegrams from Moritz Schönberger aboard the St. Louis and in French internment camps; MS St. Louis travel documents; correspondence with the American Consulate in Marseille, the State Department, and the Department of Immigration and Naturalization; affidavits; money orders; and a menu from the Hansa. Photographic materials include Moritz Schönberger’s photograph album from aboard the St. Louis, a large Schönberger family photograph album, and loose photographs of the Schönberger family and examples of Schönberger’s advertisement work. Printed materials consist of and 1939 and 1967 articles about the St. Louis and 1948 and 1949 advertisements for Schönberger’s sign studio business. Songs consist of lyrics to St. Cyprien camp songs “Ich kann sie nicht sehen, die Pyreneen” and “Kamaraden” as well as to Hans Heimler’s “Die Erfüllung.” Poetry consists of a Christmas poem written at Gurs, a poem of welcome, and a poetry book full of little poems and autographs from friends, teachers, and family members.
