Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of documents, correspondence, photographs, a passport with case, books, an album, a set of tefillin, and tallit relating to the experiences of Ruth Abraham, her parents, Ilse and Horst Abraham, her grandparents, Hedwig and Isidor Brilling, and her aunt, Hildegard Brilling, in Germany and Ecuador before, during, and after the Holocaust.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016, 2017, and 2019 by Ruth Abraham, the daughter of Ilse and Horst Abraham.
- Date
- 1885-2011
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- Geography
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acquired:
Germany.
en route: Ecuador.
- Date
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emigration:
after 1937-1939 May
- Geography
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acquired:
Germany.
en route: Ecuador.
- Date
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emigration:
after 1937-1939 May
- Geography
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publication:
Berlin (Germany)
en route: Ecuador.
- Date
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emigration:
after 1937-1939 May
- Geography
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publication:
Halberstadt (Germany)
manufacture: Halberstadt (Germany)
distribution: Berlin (Germany)
use: Kętrzyn (Poland)
en route: Ecuador.
- Date
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emigration:
1937-1939 May
publication: 1923
- Geography
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publication:
Rodelheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
use: Munich (Germany)
en route: Ecuador.
- Date
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emigration:
after 1937-1939 May
publication: 1885
- Geography
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publication:
Vienna (Austria)
use: Leipzig (Germany)
en route: Ecuador.
- Date
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emigration:
1937
publication: 1930
- Geography
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publication:
Vienna (Austria)
use: Leipzig (Germany)
en route: Ecuador.
- Date
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emigration:
1937
publication: 1928
- Geography
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publication:
Berlin (Germany)
en route: Ecuador.
- Date
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emigration:
after 1937-1939 May
publication: 1898
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1909-2011
- Geography
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emigration:
Rastenburg (Germany)
en route: Ecuador.
- Date
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use:
1939 January 02-before 1942 June 13
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Record last modified: 2019-12-05 21:26:57
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Browse 10 Items In This Collection
Pair of tefillin and pouch owned by a German Jewish man
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.2 a-d
Tallit owned by a German Jewish man
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.3
Die Psalmen Davids
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.4
Siddur S'fat Emet
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.5
Machzor l'Yom Rishon v'Sheni shel Pesach im tirgum ashkenazi
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.6
Die Thora und die Sprache
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.7
Tefilot B'nei Yisrael
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.8
Siddur Tefilot Kol ha-Shanah
Object | Accession Number: 2016.538.9
Ilse and Horst Abraham papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.538.10
Passport holder, carried to Ecuador by a German Jewish woman
Object | Accession Number: 2019.18.2
