Overview
- Description
- Consists of Wanderer family photographs, copies of the Biheller family tree, and restitution-related papers that primarily relate to the donor's mother, Ruth Wanderer Biheller (1935-2020) with some documentation capturing the Wanderer family's experience in the Aschau displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany after they survived the Holocaust in hiding in Brzeżany, Poland (currently Berez︠h︡any, Ukraine). They immigrated to the United States in 1951. Identification documents, such as an Israeli passport and Palestinian identity card, for Ruth's husband, Hans Josef Biheller (Joseph Biheller, 1927-1993) and his father, Erich Biheller, respectively, are also included.
- Date
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approximately 1939-1965
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, gift of Rachel Biheller Bunin
- Collection Creator
- Ruth Biheller
- Biography
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Ruth Wanderer Biheller and other members of her family survived the Holocaust in hiding in Brzezany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). After liberation by the Russian Army in the summer of 1944, the family made an unsuccessful attempt to immigrate to Palestine. The family entered Aschau displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany, ca. September. 1945 and finally immigrated to the United States in June 1951.
Physical Details
- Extent
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3 folders
1 oversize box
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
- Munich (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Biheller, Ruth (Ruth Wanderer) Wanderer family.
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 2021 by Rachel Biheller Bunin, daughter of Ruth and Joseph Biheller.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-03-16 12:35:08
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn723442
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