Berg and Hermanns families collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection includes a cake server, cooking pot, Kenyan statues, silver spoon, steamer trunk, prayer book, biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Clara and Max Berg and their extended family in Germany before their escape to Kenya and their life in Kenya during the Holocaust, and their postwar immigration to the United States and the Hermanns family and Julius Hermanns’ journey aboard the MS St. Louis, return to Europe, and internment in France. An accretion of five WWI medals was received in 2016.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, and 2016 by Inge and Werner Katzenstein and Jill and Kurt Pauly.
- Date
- approximately 1880-1957
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- Geography
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received:
Eilendorf (Germany)
- Date
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received:
approximately 1927
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inclusive:
circa 1880-1957
- Geography
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received:
Lechenich (Germany)
use: Kenya
- Date
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emigration:
approximately 1939 June
- Geography
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creation:
Kenya
received: Kenya
- Date
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received:
after 1939 June-before 1947 March
- Geography
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creation:
Kenya
received: Kenya
- Date
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received:
after 1938 July-before 1947 March
- Geography
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received:
Lechenich (Germany)
use: Kenya
- Date
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emigration:
approximately 1939 June
- Geography
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use:
Monchengladbach (Germany)
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received:
approximately 1930
- Geography
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acquired:
Cologne (Germany)
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manufacture:
1938
emigration: 1938
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Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:29:36
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Siddur
Object | Accession Number: 1989.232.1
Silver vermeil cake server received as a wedding gift by a Jewish woman in prewar Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1989.232.2
Berg and Hermanns families papers
Document | Accession Number: 1989.232.31
Enameled cooking pot with lid used by a German Jewish family forced to emigrate
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.12 a-b
Kenyan wood bust of an African youth owned by a German Jewish refugee family
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.13
Kenyan wood sculpture of two gazelles owned by a German Jewish refugee family
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.14
Aluminum pitcher used by a German Jewish family forced to emigrate
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.15
Medal with ribbon
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.16
Medal with ribbon
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.17
Medal with ribbon
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.18
Medal with ribbon
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.19
Medal with ribbon
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.20
Israelitisches Gebetbuch
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.21
Praktisches Kochbuch
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.22
Silver teaspoon engraved Hilde given to a Jewish girl in prewar Germany
Object | Accession Number: 2004.31.1
Burlap covered steamer trunk used by a German Jewish family
Object | Accession Number: 2008.199.1
Berg and Hermanns families photographs
Document | Accession Number: 2018.475.1