Kurt Richard Anker photograph

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2023.113.1

Overview

Description: Photograph of Kurt Richard Anker in his bar mitzvah suit in Danzig.
Date: creation: circa 1932-1933
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jacqueline N. Anker
Collection Creator: Kurt R. Anker
Biography: Kurt Richard Anker (Hebrew name Yaakov [Jacob], b. 1919, Free City of Danzig) was the son of Arthur Anker and grandson of Simon Anker (d. 1935), a wealthy grain merchant in Danzig and a prominent member of the local Jewish community. Kurt was active in the local Jewish Youth Organization. Anticipating problems after the rise of Hitler, Arthur started moving money out of Danzig in 1935 and immigrated with his family to the U.S. in October 1938.

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Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2023 by Jacqueline N. Anker.