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United States immigration card issued to Elisabeth Gelbart. Though born in Germany, her nationality is listed as "stateless".

Photograph | Photograph Number: 44791
United States immigration card issued to Elisabeth Gelbart. Though born in Germany, her nationality is listed as "stateless".

United States immigration card issued to Elisabeth Gelbart. Though born in Germany, her nationality is listed as "stateless".

Date
1939 August 28
Locale
New York City, NY United States
Photo Designation
JEWISH REFUGEES: SEARCH FOR SAFE HAVENS (1933-1945) -- Emigration/Refugee Assistance -- In USA -- Refugees/Absorption/Correspondence
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Peter Gelbart

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Biography
Peter Gelbart is the son of Cecil (Sissel) and Elisabeth Gelbart. He was born March 7, 1937 in Hamburg, Germany, where his father worked as a chemist. He had one brother, Robert (born September 10, 1933). Peter's father, who was born in Riga, Latvia, fled to Germany in 1918 in the wake of the Russian Revolution. The Gelbarts left Germany for America on the eve of World War II, arriving in New York aboard the SS Franconia on August 28, 1939. The family subsequently settled in Philadelphia.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Peter Gelbart
 
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