Walter Gumpert family collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The collection consists of an attache case, prayer book, and correspondence relating to the experiences of Walter and Erna Gumpert and their family before and during the Holocaust in Germany and Uruguay, where Walter and Erna immigrated in 1936.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Ruth Gumpert, the daughter of Walter Gumpert.