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Fritz and Thea Lowenstein Klestadt family collection

Collection
Collection Summary
The collection consists of two drawings, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Thea Löwenstein Klestadt and Fritz Fred Klestadt before the Holocaust in Dusseldorf, Germany, and the United States where the couple emigrated in October 1937.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Julie Keefer, the daughter of Thea Löwenstein Klestadt and Fritz Fred Klestadt.
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Beaded hat with a floral pattern brought by a Jewish German refugee

Object | Accession Number: 2012.151.2

Geography
received: Dusseldorf (Germany)
Date
received:  before 1938

Embroidered table runner with a floral and insect design brought with German Jewish refugee

Object | Accession Number: 2012.151.3

Geography
received: Dusseldorf (Germany)
Date
received:  before 1938

Klestadt family papers

Document | Accession Number: 2014.481.1

Date
inclusive:  circa 1900-2005
bulk:  1919-1942
Klestadt family papers

Paper sheet with two drawings of a couple being separated and then reconciling

Object | Accession Number: 2014.481.3

Geography
creation: Cleveland (Ohio)
Date
creation:  after 1939
Paper sheet with two drawings of a couple being separated and then reconciling
 
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