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Cows belonging to Alfred Heldenmuth graze in a field beneath a sign advertising his cattle business in Plettenberg.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 32471
Cows belonging to Alfred Heldenmuth graze in a field beneath a sign advertising his cattle business in Plettenberg.

Cows belonging to Alfred Heldenmuth graze in a field beneath a sign advertising his cattle business in Plettenberg.

Date
Circa 1935
Photo Designation
JEWISH LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY -- Economic Life
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Lilo Goldstone
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Biography
Alfred Heldenmuth was born in Wetzlar, Germany on May 27, 1894. His wife, Selma, was born in Erfelden, Germany on July 14, 1908. Their daughter, Lilo, was born in 1938 in Clettenberg where the family owned a dairy farm. Lilo was one year old when the family boarded the MS St. Louis bound for Havana. After the ship returned to Europe, the Heldenmuths disembarked in England. Lilo spent the war in England and Wales, and the family immigrated to the United States in 1945.

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Administrative History

Artifact Photographer
Lea Prainsack

Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Lilo Goldstone
Source Record ID: Collections: 1997.69.5
 
Record last modified: 2013-05-17 00:00:00
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