Max Amichai Heppner family collection

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Collection Summary: The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Max Amichai Heppner and his family before the Holocaust in Germany, before and during the Holocaust in Germany and the Netherlands, when Max and his parents, Dr. Albert and Irene Heppner, lived in hiding, and after the Holocaust in the Netherlands and the United States. Object include 5 handmade maps, 10 printed maps, 2 Voice-O-Graphs, blanket, book, handbell, handkerchief, knife, leather wallet, mechanical pencil, ordnance box, rucksack, sewing basket, shaving kit, sketchbook, star of David badge, storage trunk, and a wooden bench.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990, 1991, and 1997 by Max Amichai Heppner.
Date: 1911-1989

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Geography: use: Germany
use: Netherlands
use: United States
Date: use: approximately 1933-approximately 1946
Geography: use: Deurne (Netherlands)
use: United States
Date: received: 1944 September-1944 December
Geography: en route: Amsterdam, Netherlands
emigration: Berlin, Germany
Date: use: 1933 June
Geography: use: Netherlands
Date: use: 1942 August-1945 June
Geography: use: Germany
Date: use: approximately 1907-approximately 1917
Geography: use: in hiding; Deurne (Netherlands)
Date: use: 1942 August-1945 May
Geography: use: in hiding; Deurne (Netherlands)
Date: use: 1942 August-1945 May
Geography: use: in hiding; Deurne (Netherlands)
Date: use: 1942 August-1945 May
Geography: use: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: use: 1942 August-1945 May
Geography: use: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: use: 1942 August-1945 May
Geography: acquired: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: received: approximately 1944
Geography: creation: Munich (Germany)
use: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
received: United States
Date: manufacture: approximately 1911
use: before 1942 August
received: approximately 1958
Geography: use: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Date: use: 1942 April 28-1942 August 09
Date: inclusive: 1918-1989
Date: approximately 1943
Date: approximately 1942-1943
Geography: creation: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: creation: approximately 1942-1943
Geography: creation: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: creation: approximately 1942-1943
Geography: creation: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: creation: approximately 1942-1943
Geography: creation: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: creation: approximately 1942-1943
Geography: creation: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: creation: approximately 1942-1943
Date: 1943
Date: publication: 1941
Geography: use: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: publication/distribution: approximately 1942-1943
Geography: use: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: publication/distribution: 1942-1943
Geography: use: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: publication/distribution: 1942-1943
Geography: use: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: publication/distribution: 1942-1943
Geography: use: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: publication/distribution: 1942-1943
Geography: use: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: publication/distribution: 1942-1943
Geography: use: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: publication/distribution: 1942-1943
Geography: use: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: publication/distribution: 1944 May 26-1943
Geography: use: in hiding; Netherlands
Date: publication/distribution: 1942-1943
Geography: depiction: North Brabant (Netherlands)
Date: received: approximately 1941
Date: 1945 March 11
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