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Sylvia Neulander collection

Document | Accession Number: 2015.446.1

The Sylvia Neulander collection consists of a letter written by Sylvia Neulander, who worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) after the war in the US Zone of Germany; addressed to Sylvia's sister Alice in 1946. In the letter, Sylvia describes accompanying a group of orphaned children from Marseille to Eretz Israel (Palestine) in April 1946, and visiting other children who previously had gone to Kibbutz Buchenwald. The collection also includes a photograph of Sylvia in uniform.

Date
creation:  1946 May 17
Language
English
Genre/Form
Correspondence.
Photograph.
Letters.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nina Silver

About This Document

Document Creator
Sylvia Neulander
Biography
Sylvia Neulander (1908-1989) was born in Ohio in 1908 to Rabbi Jeremias Neulander and Betti Neulander. She had nine siblings including Arthur Harold Neulander (1896-1988), Elisabeth Neulander (1897-?), Alice Elizabeth Hartley (1898-1985), Ernest Neulander (1903-1982), Richard Neulander (1905-1996), Violet Wolfson (1908-2002), Margaret Rachunow (1911-1994), Edith Kopelman (1912-2003), and Grace “Dassie” Marquit (1918-2011). Sylvia joined the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and worked in the United States zone in Germany after the war. Sylvia Neulander died in 1989.
System of Arrangement
The Sylvia Neulander collection is arranged in a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Nina Silver donated the Sylvia Neulander collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015. Nina Silver is the neice of Sylvia Neulander.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2023-08-23 13:46:50
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