Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of documents related to Hannah Zimmerman, who survived the Holocaust as a hidden child in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (Bratislava, Slovakia), and immigrated to the United States with her parents Maria and Moric Zimmermann in 1952. Included is a 1946 affidavit signed by Moric’s cousin Edward Wolf, childhood photographs of Hannah, Hannah’s German passport, and a 1952 passenger list and luggage tag from RMS Queen Elizabeth.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1943-1952
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Hal Schimel
- Collection Creator
- Hannah Zimmerman
- Biography
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Hannah Zimmerman (1941-2017) was born Hanna Zimmermann on December 24, 1941 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (Bratislava, Slovakia) to Maria Zimmermann (1901 or 1911-1984, née Wachsmann, later Maria Zimmerman) and Moric Zimmermann (1906-1982, later Morris Zimmerman). Hannah’s parents placed her in hiding in a Catholic monastery around 1943. Maria and Moric were deported to Sered in late 1944, and transferred to Theresienstadt in March 1945. They were liberated in May 1945, and soon reunited with Hannah. The family remained in Bratislava until 1951. They briefly lived in Munich, Germany before immigrating to the United States aboard the Queen Elizabeth in May 1952. The Zimmermans settled in New York and Hannah became a naturalized citizen in 1964.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Affidavits of support Photographs
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as a single file.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum has made reasonable efforts but is not able to determine the copyright status of some or all of the material(s) in this collection, or identify and/or locate the potential copyright owner(s). The Museum therefore places no restrictions on use of this material, but it cannot provide any information to the user about the status of the copyright(s). The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Hal Schimel, who was a friend of Hannah Zimmerman.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-26 11:29:11
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn716039
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