Overview
- Description
- The Dulberg family papers contain documents and photographs related to Louis and Esther Dulberg’s families in the years before and after the Holocaust. Included in the collection are several documents pertaining to Louis’ immigration. Among them, copies of his birth certificate, Polish identification cards, correspondence regarding his Visa application, and affidavits affirming his Polish military service and nationality. The photographs contain images of Esther’s first husband, Moshe and their children, Bella and Henry, and Louis’ first wife, Sara and their three children. Also included are several photographs of the Dulberg family in post-war years dating up to 1983.
- Date
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inclusive:
1932-1983
bulk: 1935-1944
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jeffrey and Loretta Dulberg
- Collection Creator
- Louis Dulberg
Esther Dulberg - Biography
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Leiser Dulberg (later Louis, 1893-1982) was born in Rymanów, Poland in 1893. In 1925, he married Sara Jakubowicz, who was also born in Rymanów in 1893. Together, Louis and Sara had three children, Hermann Leopold (1919-1979), Moshe, and Fanny. In 1937, Hermann Leopold traveled to the United States aboard the M.S. Pilsudski to study engineering at Stevens College in New Jersey. Two years later, Louis traveled to the United States aboard the same vessel to New York City, where he stayed with his son and worked as a laborer. When the war broke out, Louis remained in the United States and tried to obtain visas for his wife and other children to join him. His efforts were unsuccessful and Sara, Moshe, and Fanny perished in the Holocaust. After the war, Louis met and married Esther Suna Feldman, who had also traveled to the United States from Poland and lost her husband and two children during the Holocaust. They had two children together, Loretta and Jeffrey. Louis lived in Dade County, Florida until his death in 1982.
Esther Suna (1906-1997) was born on May 16, 1906. Prior to the war, she married Moshe Feldman and had two children, Bella and Henry. The family lived in Łódź, Poland. Esther had many family members, including her parents, in the United States. In 1939, Esther obtained a Visa to visit her family in Brooklyn, New York, with the plan of working to get Moshe, Bella, and Henry to join her. She was unsuccessful in her efforts, and her husband and children perished in the Holocaust. After the war, Esther married Louis Dulberg who was also living in New York City at the time and had lost his family during the Holocaust. Together, they had two children together, Loretta and Jeffrey. Esther resided in Dade County, Florida until her death in 1997.
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 box
1 oversize folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Dulberg family papers are arranged as two series:
Series 1: Louis Dulberg papers, 1932-1969
Series 2: Family photographs, 1936-1983 and undated
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.
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Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Loretta Dulberg donated these papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 with the assistance of her daughter, Deena Kotlewski.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:41:21
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Also in Lester and Esther Suna Dulberg family collection
The collection consists of a wallet, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Leiser Dulberg and Esther Suna (later) Dulberg before and during the Holocaust when they emigrated in 1939 from Łódź, Poland, to the United States.
Date: 1932-1983