Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Cardboard Red Cross tag with his name inscribed worn by Fred Lindheim in December 1938 when his parents sent him from Frankfurt, Germany, on a Kindertransport to Belgium. His parents were able to get visas to England and the family emigrated there in 1939. They then immigrated to the US in 1940.
- Date
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use:
1938 December
- Geography
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received:
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fred Lindheim
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Labels
- Object Type
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Name tags (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Circular cardboard badge with a red inked stamp with French text and a red cross in the center. On the back is a black inked stamp with a number and handwritten name and city.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cardboard, metal, thread, ink
- Inscription
- front, stamped, red ink : Croix-Rouge de Belgique
reverse, stamped, black ink : 13
reverse, handwritten, black ink : Lindheim / Fredi / Frankfort
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--Belgium--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Germany--Frankfurt--Biography. Jewish refugees--Great Britain--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Berlin--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Great Britain--Personal narratives.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The name tag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Fred Lindheim.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:11:15
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Also in Fred Lindheim family collection
The collection consists of correspondence, documents, memoirs, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Fred (Horst) Henry Lindheim, his parents, Berthold and Hertha, and his extended family in prewar Frankfurt, Germany, and during the Holocaust when Fred Lindheim was sent on a Kindertransport to Belgium until his parents were able to obtain visas for the family to emigrate to England and then the United States.
Date: 1938
Lindheim family papers
Document
The Lindheim family papers relate to the emigration experiences of the Lindheim family of Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1939 and their efforts to assist other family members to leave Nazi occupied Belgium. The papers include identification documents, affidavits of support, correspondence, memoirs, restitution paperwork, and family photographs. The Lindheim family correspondence consists of letters of recommendation and support for Berthold Lindheim as well as letters relating to travel arrangements. Restitution documents and related correspondence are also housed within this series. The biographical material series consists of identification documents, visa application documents, and affidavits of support relating to Berthold, Hertha, and Fred Lindheim. A birth certificate, school registration certificate, vaccination certificate, and certificate of United States citizenship for Fred Lindheim are also included as well as photocopies of identification documents for Hugo, Mathilde, and Lore Lindheim dated 1938. The manuscripts include a doctoral dissertation submitted by Berthold Lindheim to the University of Würzburg in 1923 and two memoirs written by Fred Lindheim, undated. The photographs include Fred Lindheim, Betty Frankel (Hertha Lindheim’s mother), Hertha Lindheim, and Fred Lindheim in a group photograph in Malines, Belgium.
Book
Object
Picture book, Die Struwwel Liesse, taken along by Fred Lindheim in December 1938 when his parents sent him from Frankfurt, Germany, on a Kindertransport to Belgium. His parents were able to get visas to England and the family emigrated there in 1939. They then immigrated to the US in 1940.
Book
Object
Picture book, So geht's schnell!, taken along by Fred Lindheim in December 1938 when his parents sent him from Frankfurt, Germany, on a Kindertransport to Belgium. His parents were able to get visas to England and the family emigrated there in 1939. They then immigrated to the US in 1940.
Bar-Mitzvah for boyhood, youth, and manhood [Book]
Object
Book inscribed to Fred Lindheim on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah on June 16, 1945, from the Synagogue Committee at Ramath Orah, New York, NY. In December 1938, Fred was sent by his parents from Frankfurt, Germany, on a Kindertransport to Belgium. His parents were able to get visas to England and the family emigrated there in 1939. They then immigrated to the United States in 1940.
