Overview
- Description
- Collection of documents, photographs and notebook illustrating the pre-war and wartime experiences of Gertrude Buff's and her mother and father, Elsa and Berthold Buff. Also included is a Deutsches Reich Reisepass [German passport] for Paul Spangenthal [Gertrude's husband, Paul Spangler]. Collection contains Arbeitsbuch [worker's book] for Gertrude, who was forced as a Jew to leave school and work for private German companies until she and Elsa emigrated in 1939. Includes German documents concerning confiscated family property and post-war restitution efforts; a handwritten German cookbook written by Anna Mosbacher [Gertrude's maternal grandmother] who died before the Holocaust; and a composition book, handwritten, with crafting and handiwork directions.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gertrude Buff Spangler
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Notebooks. Passport. Identification card. Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
1 oversize 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
- Topical Term
- Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Gertrude Buff Spangler via her children Anne Hollenbeck and David Spangler.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:26:11
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