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Hilert family collection

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2018.521.1

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Overview

Description: The Hilert family collection consists of documents, correspondence, and identification cards pertaining to the Hilert family and their postwar time experience in the Stuttgart West displaced persons camp (DP camp) in Germany and their immigration to the United States. The collection contains an affidavit from Avrom Hiller and Senator Harry Byrd and smallpox vaccination certificates. The documents pertain to Rabbi Samuel Hilert, Rose (Rosa, Raizel) Gutkind Hilert, and their son, Moses Baruch Hilert (Michael, Mike).
Date: inclusive: 1947-1950
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael Hilert
Collection Creator: Hilert family

Physical Details

Language: English German
Genre/Form: Letters. Certificates. Identification cards. Envelopes. Correspondence.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Hilert family collection is arranged in a single series.

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.
Copyright Holder: Mr. Michael Hilert

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jewish refugees. Refugees. United States--Emigration and immigration. World War, 1939-1945. Displaced persons--Europe. Vaccination.
Personal Name: Hilert, Samuel. Hilert, Moses Baruch. Hilert, Rose, 1920-2003. Bryd, Harry, 1887-1966. Hiller, Avrom. Barish, Louis.
Corporate Name: Stuttgart (Displaced persons camp) United Service for New Americans American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Michael Hilert.
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:: 2023-08-25 15:50:52
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