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Adler and Gumpert family papers

Document | Accession Number: 2015.202.2

One file of documents pertaining to the family of the donor's parents and their families, including copies of correspondence from Johanna Adler (donor's grandmother), written from Heilbronn, Germany, to the donor's father, Robert Adler, 1940-1941, after he had immigrated to the United States and shortly before her deportation to Theresienstadt. Also includes restitution paperwork for the donor's mother, Rolande (Meyerfeld) Gumpert, documenting her efforts to obtain compensation for properties belonging to her late husband's family in Heilbronn and her own family in Giessen, 1964-1966, and a newspaper from Giessen, Germany, dated 1933. The originals of the Johanna Adler correspondence are located in the Jewish Museum of Berlin.

Date
inclusive:  1933-1966
Language
German
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joanne Grant

About This Document

Document Creator
Adler and Gumpert family
Biography
Robert Leopold Adler (19 May 1895 - 3 November 1952) was born in Heilbronn, Germany, the son of Johanna Adler. As an adult, he was trained in and practiced the trade of being a tanner. He married Rolande Meyerfeld (20 July 1905 - 2 November 1990), who was originally from Giessen, Germany, and in the late 1930s the Adlers immigrated to the United States, first settling in Milwaukee. Mr. Adler maintained contact with his mother in Heilbronn, receiving correspondence from her until October 1941, when she was deported to Theresienstadt. Johanna Adler was sent to Auschwitz in May 1944, and was killed shortly after arrival there. Robert and Rolande Adler had a daughter, Joanne, and subsequently moved to El Paso, Texas, where Robert Adler opened a wholesale leather goods business. After Robert Adler's death in 1952, Rolande remarried, and subsequently moved to Los Angeles.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Gift of Joanne Grant, 2015.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
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Conditions on Use
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Record last modified: 2023-02-24 13:44:19
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