Overview
- Description
- The Brand family papers consists of correspondence, documents, and pre-war photographs illustrating the Brand family of Frankfurt, Germany and the United States. Includes correspondence from Leo and Else Brand in Frankfurt to their older son Horst in the United States, and letters from their younger son Heinz. The documents illustrate the unsuccessful efforts to bring members of the Brand family and Thekla Strauss, Horst's grandmother, to the United States.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Brand
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Letters. Correspondence.
- Extent
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2 folders
1 oversize box
- System of Arrangement
- The Brand family papers is arranged in a single series.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Ms. Ruth Brand
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Brand, Leo. Brand, Else. Strauss, Thekla. Brand, Horst. Brand, Heinz.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Ruth Brand donated the Brand family papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
- 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 13:41:25
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn65958
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