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The Kalberman family poses next to an automobile.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 48762
The Kalberman family poses next to an automobile. From left to right are Leo and Manfred Kalberman, Max Kalberman, his mother Recha, Margot Kalberman, her mother Mella and Grandmother Rosa Kalberman.

The Kalberman family poses next to an automobile.

From left to right are Leo and Manfred Kalberman, Max Kalberman, his mother Recha, Margot Kalberman, her mother Mella and Grandmother Rosa Kalberman.

Date
Circa 1932 - 1933
Locale
Mannheim, [Baden; Baden-Wuerttemberg] Germany
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Greece -- Family/Friends/Portraits
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Margot Schumm

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Biography
Margot Schumm (born Margot Kalberman) was the daughter of Leo Kaelbermann (later Kalberman) and Melanie (Mella) Kalberman. Leo was born on October 17, 1902 in Grossreichholzheim and had two siblings, Manfred and Paula. Margot was born on October 3, 1929 in Mannheim Germany where her father was a butcher. She had a younger sister Ellen (later Kleinmann). In 1934 Leo Kalberman took advantage of the offer of a relative in American to sponsor the family, and they all immigrated to the United States. Margot completed high school and college earning a Master's degree in organic chemistry. While in graduate school she met and married a fellow student, Richard Schumm.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Margot Schumm
 
Record last modified: 2012-12-19 00:00:00
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