Wachs family collection
Collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of a typewriter, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Henry Wachs and his family before the Holocaust in Mrotschen (today Mrocza, Poland) and 1916 in Berlin, Germany. and during the Holocaust in Belgium, Great Britain, Australia, Palestine, and the United States.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Henry Wachs.
- Date
- approximately 1916-approximately 1942
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1850-2015
bulk: 1920-1950
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Switzerland
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Switzerland
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Switzerland
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Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:30:53
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Henry (Heinz) Wachs family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.443.1
Hermes Baby typewriter with lid used by a Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2016.443.2 a-b
Deutsches Reich 400 Mark Stamp
Object | Accession Number: 2016.443.41 a-b
Cunard White Star luggage sticker
Object | Accession Number: 2016.443.44
Cunard White Star luggage sticker
Object | Accession Number: 2016.443.45
Cunard White Star checked baggage tag
Object | Accession Number: 2016.443.47
