Overview
- Description
- Consists of documents primarily relating to the Liebehnthal family and their flight from Nazi Germany to Cuba during the Holocaust. Collection includes:
Release paper for Otto Liebenthal from Dachau - Feb 27, 1937 (according to camp records, he arrived at Dachau on 19 Dec 1936); Release paper for Otto Liebenthal from Buchenwald - November 23, 1938 (arrested on Kristallnacht. According to camp records he arrived on November 11, 1938); Health certitficate issued for Alice Liebenthal, November 21, 1938; Entry papers into Cuba issued to Karolina Liebenthal; Collection also includes Kinderausweis issued to Manfred Schoen, April 1939 who also fled Nazi Germany to the United States with his family. - Date
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inclusive:
circa 1937-1939
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Steven Schoen
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Collection is unarranged.
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
- Topical Term
- Immigration and emigration.
- Corporate Name
- Dachau (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2023 by Stephen Schoen, grandson of Otto Liebenthal and son of Manfred Schoen.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-03-05 15:48:13
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn753589
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