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Alfred and Meta Mayer Levy family collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collections consists of medals, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences Alfred Levy and Meta Mayer Levy and their children Marie-Louis and Theo Levy, and their extended family before the Holocaust in Germany. [Accretion: pair of silver candlesticks given to Alfred Levy by the Jewish Community of Saarbrucken after the war as a gift for his tenure as president; Shabbat lamp; Framed family portrait of Siesel family, Framed portrait of Alfred Levy; Framed drawing of Simon Levy; Film reel (to go to Film & Video); photo album of Marcel, a member of the resistance who was executed by Nazis; modern day publications of resistance, DVDs and videos ((to go to Library)]
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Marlyse Levy Kennedy, daughter of Alfred and Meta Mayer Levy.

Date: inclusive: 1887-1981
bulk: 1924-1969
Geography: issue: Germany
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1936
Geography: issue: Germany
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
Geography: issue: Germany
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
Geography: issue: Germany
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
Geography: issue: Germany
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
Geography: issue: Germany
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
Geography: issue: Germany
Date: commemoration: 1914-1918
: Record last modified: 2023-02-24 12:16:12
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