Overview
- Description
- Collection of documents, correspondence, photographs, photo albums, passports and certificates documenting the experiences of the Berger and Flescher families during the Holocaust era. Hella Berger fled Germany to the US in 1938 with her two sisters. Sam Flescher fled Vienna after the Anschluss to Holland, and was able to get a visa to the US. He joined the US Army in 1942. His brother Henry, survived multiple concentration camps. The brothers were reunited in September 1945 when Sam returned to Europe as a member of the occupied forces. Includes Nazi propaganda publications that Lester Tepper brought home after his military service with the US Army during WWII.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Flescher Tepper
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Photo albums. Passports.
- Extent
-
1 box
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Mr. Jonathan Tepper
Keywords & Subjects
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 Ruth Tepper, daughter of Hella Berger and Sam Flescher.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:27:14
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn539170
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