Henry and Sophie Bernhard collection
Collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of a camera, two travel trunks, documents, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Hans and Sophie Bernhard before and during the Holocaust when they emigrated from Berlin, Germany, to Havana, Cuba, and later in the United States after the Holocaust.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Judge Aaron Cohn, on behalf of the Estate of Henry Bernhard.
- Date
- 1936-1961
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- Geography
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en route:
MS Orinoco (Ship);
Havana (Cuba)
- Date
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emigration:
1939 March 28
- Geography
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en route:
MS Orinoco (Ship);
Havana (Cuba)
- Date
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emigration:
1939 March 28
- Geography
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received:
Berlin (Germany)
manufacture: Wetzlar (Germany)
- Date
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emigration:
1939 March 28
manufacture: 1935-1939
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Record last modified: 2023-02-24 12:23:27
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Large flat top trunk monogrammed HB used by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2004.321.2
Large flat top trunk monogrammed SB used by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2004.321.3
Leica IIIa camera and brown leather case owned by a German Jewish refugee to Cuba
Object | Accession Number: 2004.321.4 a-b
