Overview
- Description
- The papers consist of documents relating to the experiences of Erna Landau and her immigration from Rhede, Germany, to England from 1938 to 1939, photographs of Herman Meyer and his family in the Netherlands and then in Kenya where they lived as refugees during World War II.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Erna Landau Meyer
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Permits. Identification cards. Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Refugees, Jewish--Great Britain. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Great Britain. Refugees--Kenya--1940-1950. Jews--Netherlands--1930-1940. Butchers--Netherlands--1930-1940.
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--1933-1945. Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Personal Name
- Meyer, Erna Landau. Meyer, Herman. Berg, Ernest.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Erna Landau Meyer, the wife of Herman Meyer.
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- 2024-03-15 14:14:55
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Also in Erna and Herman Meyer collection
The collection consists of a wallet and documents relating to the experiences of Erna Landau before the war when she emigrated from Rhede, Germany, to Great Britain in 1938 and of photographs relating to the experiences of Herman Meyer and his extended family in the Netherlands and then in Kenya where they lived as refugees during World War II.
Date: 1935-1945
Leather wallet with 6 pockets used by a German Jewish refugee to hold wartime documents
Object
Wallet used by Erna Landau to carry her documents during and after the war. Due to the escalating persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany, Erna's parents, Arthur and Bertha, decided to send Erna and her younger sister Ruth from Rhede to Great Britain in June 1938. The war ended in May 1945. Arthur and Bertha had been deported from Germany to Riga, Latvia, where they were murdered. In June1947, Erna and Ruth emigrated to the United States.