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Salzmann family collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of documents, correspondence, medical bags, a prayer book, and smoking pipes that relate to the experiences of Berthold Salzmann, his sister Ernesta Spieler, and their family in Austria, and Germany before and during the Holocaust and the United States during and after the Holocaust.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Martha Gay, the daughter of Berthold Salzmann.
Date: 1911-1953

Geography: publication: Vienna (Austria)
Date: publication: 1911
Geography: manufacture: New York
use: United States
Date: use: after 1935
Geography: use: United States
manufacture: Warren (Pa.)
Date: after 1935
Date: use: 1939 June-1940 June
Geography: acquired: Germany
Date: acquired: 1950-1953
Geography: acquired: Germany
Date: acquired: 1950-1953
Geography: acquired: Germany
Date: acquired: 1950-1953
: Record last modified: 2019-12-05 21:14:06
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