Margot Hamburger photographs

Consists of two photographs that show Margot Hamburger with family members in 1939 and 1940. One image shows her with brother Bernard Joseph in Berlin, Germany in 1939 before Bernard's departure for England. The second image of Margot with her parents, Salli and Martha, dated March 24, 1940, her 16th birthday, in Berlin, Germany and the day before she left for Palestine.

World War I Iron Cross medal that belonged to a Jewish veteran and concentration camp inmate

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Medal awarded to Salli Joseph for his service in the German Army during World War I, 1914-1918. Salli and his family lived in Berlin, Germany, and he began searching for ways to get his family out of the country after the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933. They tried to get visas for the United States, since his wife's sister had lived there for some time. However, Salli and his wife, Martha, were placed on the very restrictive Polish quota system by the US because they were born in West Prussia. In 1939, they sent their 19 year old son, Bernard, to England and in 1940, their 16 year old daughter, Margot, to Palestine. Salli and Martha were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp on March 6, 1943, where they were killed shortly after arrival.

WWI German military black and white striped ribbon that belonged to a Jewish veteran and concentration camp inmate

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Ribbon which belonged to Salli Joseph, probably awarded for his service in the German Army during World War I, 1914-1918. Salli and his family lived in Berlin, Germany, and he began searching for ways to get his family out of the country after the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933. They tried to get visas for the United States, since his wife's sister had lived there for some time. However, Salli and his wife, Martha, were placed on the very restrictive Polish quota system by the US because they were born in West Prussia. In 1939, they sent their 19 year old son, Bernard, to England and in 1940, their 16 year old daughter, Margot, to Palestine. Salli and Martha were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp on March 6, 1943, where they were killed shortly after arrival.

Blue, white and red bar ribbon that belonged to a Jewish German WWI veteran and concentration camp inmate

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Ribbon bar which belonged to Salli Joseph probably awarded for his service in the German Army during World War I, 1914-1918. Salli and his family lived in Berlin, Germany, and he began searching for ways to get his family out of the country after the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933. They tried to get visas for the United States, since his wife's sister had lived there for some time. However, Salli and his wife, Martha, were placed on the very restrictive Polish quota system by the US because they were born in West Prussia. In 1939, they sent their 19 year old son, Bernard, to England and in 1940, their 16 year old daughter, Margot, to Palestine. Salli and Martha were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp on March 6, 1943, where they were killed shortly after arrival.

Joseph family papers

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The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of the Joseph family of Berlin, Germany. Included is wartime correspondence of Margot Hamburger (née Joseph) and her brother Bernard Joseph, both of whom emigrated from Berlin by 1940, and their parents Salli and Martha Joseph in Berlin. Other materials include identification papers, documents related to Margot and her husband Egon Hamburger’s time in Palestine, documents related to Bernard’s internment in Australia, and family photographs from Berlin and Palestine.

Margot Hamburger papers

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The papers consist of nine letters between Eka Rozenkranz in Cyprus to Margot Joseph [donor] in Israel between February 1947 and May 1947. Also included are three photographs of images of Bernard Joseph [donor's brother] at the ORT school in Berlin, Germany, dated 1938-1939, and three photographs of images of Margot Joseph in Palestine, dated 1944-1949.