Overview
- Description
- Contains documents, photographs and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Herman Schloss, who was born in 1929 in Sugenheim, Germany, to David and Anna Schloss. The family fled Nazi Germany in 1938.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Louise Schloss
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Photographs.
- Extent
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2 folders
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Sugenheim (Germany). Germany--Emigration and immigration--1933-1945.
- Personal Name
- Schloss, Herman.
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 2014 by Louise Schloss.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-07-05 13:54:24
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Also in Herman Schloss family collection
The collection consists of scrip. tefillin, correspondence, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Herman Schloss, from Sugenheim, Germany, who fled Nazi rule for the United States in 1938.
Date: approximately 1933-1950
Tefillin pair with pouch brought with a German refugee
Object
Set of two tefillin with green velvet embroidered pouch used by David Schloss, father of Herman Schloss, in Germany and brought to the United States in 1938.
Imperial Germany, 1000 Reichsbanknote, brought with a German Jewish refugee
Object
1000 Reichsbanknote scrip brought with Herman Schloss when he fled Nazi ruled Germany for the United States in 1938.
Imperial Germany, 1000 Reichsbanknote, brought with a German Jewish refugee
Object
1000 Reichsbanknote scrip brought with Herman Schloss when he fled Nazi ruled Germany for the United States in 1938.
Prayer book
Object
German-Hebrew prayer book brought with Herman Schloss when he fled Nazi ruled Germany for the United States in 1938.
Prayer book
Object
German-Hebrew prayer book brought with Herman Schloss when he fled Nazi ruled Germany for the United States in 1938.
News-Week (New York, New York) [Magazine]
Object
February 17 1933 issue of News-Week magazine owned by Herman Schloss who fled Nazi ruled Germany for the United States in 1938.
