Meyerstein family collection

Overview

Collection Summary

Papers document the expereinces of Meyerstein family before and during World Warr II. Included in the papers is a marriage license issued to Hilda Schickler and George Meyerstein Ellen Cohen's parents in Milan, Italy on May 18, 1935; a driver's license issued to George Meyerstein in Gotha Germany; an entry ticket for a bullfight that Hilda and George Meyerstein attended in 1941 while refugees living in Spain; a passanger's list for the Marqus de Comillas that included the Meyerstein family; newspaper clippings and a newspaper that mentions Ellen Meyerstein [Ellen Cohen]; a testimony written by George Meyerstein the details his impression of living in Spain; and postcards written by or to members of the Meyerstein family

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Museum in 2006 by Ellen Meyerstein Cohen.