Overview
- Description
- Collection consists of documents and correspondence concerning the Moos family and their efforts to flee Germany. Included are letters written by Hermann and Gertrud Jonas Moos in Lippstadt, Germany to their daughter [donor's mother] Hannelore, who was able to immigrate to San Francisco, California in 1938. Included in the correspondence are letters and envelopes sent from or through Portugal as well as correspondence from relatives in Kassel and Bielefeld, Germany. Hermann and Gertrud were deported from Lippstadt to Auschwitz via Theresienstadt; Hermann was possibly sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Judy Bamberger
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Newspaper clippings. Photograph.
- Extent
-
1 box
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Judy Bamberger.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:25:22
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524340
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