Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Copy of the illustrated children's book, Till Eulenspiegel, published by Meidingers Jugendschriften Verlag that was inscribed by Liesel Weiss with birthday wishes in 1938.
- Title
- Till Eulenspiegel
- Date
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publication:
before 1938
- Geography
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publication:
Berlin (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Renate Windmueller Wasserman
- Markings
- front, top, center : Till / Eulenspiegel
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Children's books
- Object Type
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Illustrated children's books (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Books
- Physical Description
- Rectangular form constructed of cardboard cover and 127 pages. Cover wrapped in paper secured with tape with "Till/Eulenspiegel" written in black ink on the front.
- Dimensions
- Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, there are no known copyright restrictions on the material(s) in this collection, or the material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Renate Windmueller Wasserman.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-03-11 08:02:46
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Also in Windmueller and Wasserman families collection
The Windmueller and Wasserman families collection documents the Windmueller and Wasserman families of Berlin and Cologne, Germany, who immigrated to the United States in the 1930s and whose children, Renate Windmueller and George Wasserman, married in New York in 1957. Windmueller and Wasserman were 3rd cousins as their grandmothers Jenny Hamburger Wasserman and Bertha Hamburger Westheimer were sisters. The collection includes family photographs and documents; an inscribed copy of the children’s book Till Eulenspiegel; a lock of hair from Adele Schlüsselblum, the mother of George Wasserman; a set of bookplates belonging to Adele Schlüsselblum; and an oral history conducted with Fred Wasserman in 1989 and 1990 by his grandchildren.
Windmueller and Wasserman families papers
Document
The Windmueller and Wasserman families papers documents the Windmueller and Wasserman families of Berlin and Cologne, Germany, who immigrated to the United States in the 1930s and whose children, Renate Windmueller and George Wasserman, married in New York in 1957. Windmueller and Wasserman were 3rd cousins as their grandmothers Jenny Hamburger Wasserman and Bertha Hamburger Westheimer were sisters. Papers include family photographs, official documents, restitution papers, a Windmueller family history, and an autograph book. A photograph album and loose photographs document the Windmueller and Wasserman families and their Westheimer, Hamburger, Schlüsselblum, and Konigheim relatives in Germany before the Holocaust and in America after their immigration. Official documents, certificates, and travel papers document the Windmueller, Wasserman, and Hamburger families. Restitution paperwork documenting Fritz and Adele Wasserman’s efforts to receive compensation for Holocaust-era losses. The papers include a family history book, Chronik der Familie Windmüller: Geschichte der Gemeinde Beckum, from circa 1938 that includes pasted photographs and subsequent family annotations. The papers also include an autograph book documenting friends and family members of George’s mother, Adele Schlüsselblum, in Germany between 1915 and 1923.
Lock of hair from Adele Wassermann
Object
Lock of hair from Adele "Deli" Wassermann inside a folded paper envelope labeled, "Deli Lockchen"
Box of bookplates that belonged to Adele Wassermann
Object
Set of bookplates printed with the name Deli Schlusselblum, the nickname of Adele Wassermann. The box features an image of a woman reading a book by an open doorway.
Oral history interview with Fred Wasserman
Oral History
