Erna and Otto Stein family collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The Otto and Erna Stein family collection includes a German Cross of Honor for World War I Combatants, biographical materials and correspondence documenting the Stein family, their immigration to the United States in 1938, and their relatives’ experiences under Nazi rule in Neustadt an der Haardt, Nieder-Olm, Wiesbaden, and Mannheim.

Provenance

The Otto and Erna Stein family collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Lotte and David Zinner, the daughter and grandson of Erna and Otto Stein.