Overview
- Description
- Collection of documents, correspondence, and photographs related to the Neubeck family in Dortmund, Germany, and the Werthamer family, originally from Kolomea, Poland. Heinz Neubeck (donor’s father, b. 1912) was arrested on Kristallnacht alongside 600 other Dortmund Jews; he was released on November 24, 1938 after a large “contribution” was paid for his return home. Heinz and Jetty Werthamer Neubeck (donor’s mother, b. 1912) left Germany on December 31, 1938 for Italy. A month later, on January 29, 1939 they sailed from Trieste on board S/S Conte Verde to Shanghai. They may have received financial help from HIAS (HICEM) for the purchase of the tickets. They settled in the French concession part of Shanghai. Their son, Reginald Joseph, was born on May 25, 1942. The family immigrated to the US on May 16, 1947. They settled in Seattle, WA, where Reginald after graduating from college had a long career at Boeing Co.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Reginald Joseph Newbeck, In memory of his parents Heinz Max and Jetty Newbeck
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Letters.
- Extent
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1 box
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Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Shanghai (China).
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 Reginald Newbeck, son of Heinz Max and Jetty Newbeck.
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- 2023-02-24 14:28:33
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Also in Heinz Max and Jetty Werthamer Newbeck families collection
The collection consists of two prayer book, documents, correspondence, and photographs related to the experiences of Heinz Max and Jetty Werthamer Neubeck (later Newback) and their families, the Neubacks in Dortmund, Germany, and the Werthamers, originally from Kolomea, Poland, as well as Heinz and Jetty's experiences during the Holocaust in Shanghai, China, and their postwar emigration, with their son Reginald, to the United States in 1947.
Prayer book
Object
Prayer book owned by the Newbeck family. Heinz and Jetty Newbeck fled Nazi Germany for Shangahi, China, in 1939 and a few years after the war ended in 1945, emigrated, with their son Reginald, to the United States in 1947.
Prayer book
Object
Prayer book owned by the Newbeck family. Heinz and Jetty Newbeck fled Nazi Germany for Shangahi, China, in 1939 and a few years after the war ended in 1945, emigrated, with their son Reginald, to the United States in 1947.