Overview
- Description
- The Waldapfel family papers include correspondence, immigration documents, and photographs documenting Irma Waldapfel, her children Valerie, Max, and Karoline, and their Waldapfel and Fischer relatives. Correspondence includes postcards sent from Czechoslovakia to Irma, Valerie, and Karoline during the interwar period and letters Irma and Karoline sent from Vienna to Valeria and Max in New York. Immigration documents consist of a Queen Mary passenger list and handwritten notes documenting Irma’s and Karoline’s itinerary from Vienna to Cherbourg to New York. Photographs depict Irma, Karoline, and their dog “Peterl” in Vienna as well as Waldapfel and Fischer relatives in Vienna and Czechoslovakia.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1920-1938
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Stephanie Wald Hand
- Collection Creator
- Waldapfel family
- Biography
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Sigmund Waldapfel (1861-1924) was born in Považská Bystrica (now Slovakia), and Irma Waldapfel (nee Fischer, 1876-1965) was born in Čadca (now Slovakia). They married and had three children: Valerie (1904-2001), Max (1907-1997), and Karoline (1910-1984). Valerie and Max were born in in Přívoz (Oderfurt, now Czech Republic) before the family moved to Vienna, where Karoline was born. Valerie immigrated to the United States in 1923, Max in 1928, and Karoline and their mother Irma in 1938. The family changed their name to Wald after immigration.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence Photographs.
- Extent
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3 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged in three folders:
Folder 1. Correspondence, 1929-1938
Folder 2. Immigration, 1938
Folder 3. Photographs, circa 1920-1938
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material. Museum staff are currently unable to copy, digitize, and/or photograph collection materials on behalf of researchers. Researchers are encouraged to plan a research visit to consult collection materials themselves.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Stephanie Wald Hand donated the Waldapfel family papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-11-07 11:10:55
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn724182
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