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Abendstern, Fleischmann and Meyerhoff families collection

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    Overview

    Collection Summary
    Correspondence, photographs, documents and artworks relating to the family of Otto and Elly (Meyerhoff) Abendstern and their son Peter Abendstern (later Aldin) as well as Elly's second husband Adolf Richard Fleischmann. Chiefly related to Otto's internment in camps in south France, Elly and Peter's time in hiding in France during the war, and Fleischmann's internment at Camps Les Milles and Saint Nicolas in southern France. Includes birth and marriage certificates, immigration and travel documents, correspondence between members of the Abendstern family, artwork (sketchbooks, ink drawings, watercolors) made by Adolf Fleischmann in the camps, photo albums and loose photographs (pre-war, wartime, and postwar), a Catholic missal given to Peter Abendstern while he was in hiding in 1943, and Peter Aldin's memoir.
    Provenance
    The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Peter Aldin.
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    Abendstern, Fleischmann, and Meyerhoff families papers

    Document | Accession Number: 2016.494.1

    Date
    inclusive:  circa 1880-2016

    Watercolor painting

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.2

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Watercolor painting

    Watercolor painting

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.3

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Watercolor painting

    Watercolor painting

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.4

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Watercolor painting

    Watercolor painting

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.5

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Watercolor painting

    Watercolor painting

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.6

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Watercolor painting

    Watercolor painting

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.7

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Watercolor painting

    Ink wash

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.8

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Ink wash

    Ink drawing

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.9

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Ink drawing

    Ink drawing

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.10

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Ink drawing

    Ink wash

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.11

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Ink wash

    Ink drawing

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.12

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Ink drawing

    Ink wash

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.13

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Ink wash

    Ink wash

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.14

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Ink wash

    Ink wash

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.15

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Ink wash

    Ink wash

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.16

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Ink wash

    Watercolor/ink wash

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.17

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Watercolor/ink wash

    Ink wash

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.18

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Ink wash

    Ink wash

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.19

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Ink wash

    Sketchbook

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.20

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Sketchbook

    Sketchbook

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.21

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Sketchbook

    Sketchbook

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.22

    Geography
    creation: France during German occupation; France.
    Date
    creation:  circa 1940
    Sketchbook

    Catholic missal given to Peter Abendstern while living in hiding

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.494.23 a-i

    Geography
    acquired: France
    Date
    acquired:  1943
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 18:12:40
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