A German-Jewish mother helps her young son feed chickens on a farm.
Overview
- Caption
- A German-Jewish mother helps her young son feed chickens on a farm.
Pictured are Rolf Blumenthal and his mother Johanna Blumenthal in the yard of his paternal grandfather Julius Blumenthal's business. - Date
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Circa 1933 - 1935
- Locale
- Hamm, [North Rhine-Westphalia] Germany ?
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ralph Blumenthal
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Ralph Blumenthal
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Rolf (now Ralph) Blumenthal is the son of Karl (Charles) Blumenthal (b. 4/14/01) and Joahanna Loewenstein Blumenthal (1/21/05). His father was born in Hamm, Germany and his mother in Witten. Rolf was born on April 19, 1929 in Hamm where his father ran a coffee business. As the situation of German Jews worsened following the Nazi rise to power, Karl sought ways for his family to leave Germany. In 1936 Karl went to Palestine to explore the living conditions and decided against the family moving there. Instead, he immigrated to the United States in 1938. After his departure, Rolf and his mother went to live with his maternal grandparents in Aachen where Rolf attended a Jewish school. Karl meanwhile obtained American visas for his wife and son, and they joined him in the United Sates in February 1939. Rolf's paternal grandmother died of natural causes in 1937 and his maternal grandfather also died of natural causes shortly before Rolf and Joahanna left for the United States. Joahanna's mother took her own life following the death of her husband and the emigration of her children. Karl's father was deported to Theresienstadt and did not survive the war.
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- 2008-07-02 00:00:00
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