Dingfelder family collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The Dingfelder family collection contains identification papers, photographs, clippings, and a prayer book relating to the experiences of the family in pre-war Germany and in Theresienstadt concentration camp. Included are birth, bris, and marriage certificates; clippings of articles about their experiences in Nazi Germany and their new lives in the United States; and Siegfried Neu’s prayer book which he used while interned at Theresienstadt. The photographs include loose photographs of Sigbert and Elizabeth Dingfelder; the ship which carried the Sigbert, Elizabeth, and their son Justin to the United States in 1939; and a street scene of an unidentified town in Nazi Germany. The photograph albums contain two albums of Sigbert Dingfelder’s World War I photographs, and two albums of pre-war photographs of family and friends in various cities in Germany. Additional material has been added which includes documents, photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, Deutsches Reich Reisepass marked with red "J" issued to Elisabeth Dingfelder (donor's mother); Kennkarte and star of David "Jude" badge used/worn by Siegfried Neu (donor's grandfather), a deck of cards, and a pen knife.

Provenance

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993, 2015, 2020 and 2022 by Justin Dingfelder.