Overview
- Description
- The collection documents the experiences of Ernst Graf, originally of Berlin, Germany, including his immigration to the United States in 1938, his training at Camp Ritchie, and service with the United States Army during World War II. Included are passports; birth, death, and marriage certificates, military records, and restitution paperwork.
- Date
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inclusive:
1933-2011
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jane Cornell and Wendy Goldstein
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Jane Lipow Cornell and Wendy Lipow Goldstein - Collection Creator
- Ernst Graf
- Biography
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Ernst Graf (1905-1966) was born in Berlin, Germany on November 12, 1905 to Joachim and Maria Graf. He married Dorothea Reichenthal (b. 1911) in 1933. In summer 1938 they immigrated to the United States via the Netherlands. He became an American citizen and trained at Camp Ritchie (later Fort Ritchie) in Maryland. He served overseas in the US Army in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany and interrogated enemy prisoners. In 1964 Ernst married Ruth Lipow (1915-2015), who immigrated to the United States from Berlin in 1939.
Physical Details
- Extent
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2 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as two files.
1 of 2. Documents, 1933-1966
2 of 2. Restitution, 1958-2011
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- 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
- Topical Term
- Jews--Germany--Berlin.
- Geographic Name
- United States--Emigration and immigration. Fort Ritchie (Md.)
- Personal Name
- Graf, Ernst, 1905-
- Corporate Name
- United States. Army
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Jane Cornell and Wendy Goldstein donated the Ernst Graf papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 and 2019. The accessions numbered 2017.127.1 and 2019.591.1 have been incorporated into this collection.
- Primary Number
- 2017.127.2
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-08 10:31:51
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn755006
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