Werner Meyerstein and Ruth Echt collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The collection consists of newspaper clippings, documents, photographs, butcher's certificate, identification cards, immigration documents and passport documenting the experiences of Werner Meyerstein and his family in Germany and Sosua. The collection also includes documentation, passport, immigration papers and other identification from Germany and Shanghai belonging to Ruth Echt. In addition, the collection includes a glazed ceramic cup with handle.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Taly Furer, the granddaughter of Werner Meyerstein.