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Copyright Holder: Erna R. Bauer

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This collection contains : a studio portrait of siblings Dora and Mozes Ettinger ; a studio portrait of siblings Dora and Mozes Ettinger, and their mother Cznana (Chana or Anna) Scheiner.

Consists of documents, photographs, and two photograph album from the collection of Louis Pechi, born Ljubomir Peçi in 1934, in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia). Includes photographs of pre-war Yugoslavia, documents related to the family's escape and life in wartime Italy, and post-war photographs, correspondence, and documentation. Also includes photographs and documents related to family members ...

Fred Breth (1905-1986) was born Bedřich Breth in Königinhof, Austria-Hungary (now Dvůr Králové, Czech Republic) to Arnošt (Ernst, 1861-1942) and Hermine Loewy Breth (1867-1942). Fred’s sister Gertrude Breth Soudková (1893-1943) had a daughter, Dorothea Soudková (1929-1944) in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia. Fred’s brothers Franz (Frank, 1897-1986) and Hans (1903-1942) were also born in Dvůr Králové nad ...

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Photocopies and photographic copies of material in the archive can be supplied for private study purposes only, depending on the condition of the documents. A number of items within the archive remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; it is the responsibility of users to obtain the copyright holder's permission for reproduction of copyright material for ...

Consists of documents, correspondence, memoirs, and research notes related to Dr. Otto Ehrentheil’s attempts to assist family and friends to escape Nazi-occupied Europe. After his family arrived in the United States from Vienna, Austria, in November 1938, Dr. Ehrentheil worked to provide financial assistance and affidavits for numerous family and friends. Includes correspondence, financial documentation, ...

György (George Pick) was born March 28, 1934 in Budapest, Hungary. He was the only child of middle class Jewish parents. György’s father, Istvan, was an engineer responsible for producing hydraulic grape presses for wineries. His mother, Margit Pick (née Kornhauser), worked as a legal secretary. The Pick family could trace its history in the Austro-Hungarian Empire back 230 years, and György had many ...

Mordechai (Marcel) Kaufman was born in Antwerp on 4 November 1936, his sister Chaya (Charlotte) on 18 March 1938. They were the children of Samuel Kaufman (b. 16/12/1905 in Korczyna, Poland) and Metel Leia (Mathilde) Rottenberg (b. 04/02/1909 in Bobowa, Poland). Samuel Kaufman had emigrated from Poland to Belgium in November 1928. He joined his father Abraham Kaufman in Antwerp to learn the profession ...

Sally (Salomon) and Erna (nee Marx) Isenberg and their three children, Artur, Helmut, and Norbert, lived in Saarbrücken (Germany), Zurich (Switzerland), Loerrach (Germany), and Vaduz (Liechtenstein). Artur came to the United States to attend Harvard University before 1938. The others immigrated in October 1938. The boys served their new country in WWII. Artur worked for the Office of War Information. ...

This collection contains : a pre-war photo of Jankiel (Jakob) and Cywya Izbicki-Balzam, ca. 1930 ; a postcard in Yiddish and German, written by Abram Przedborski on behalf of his wife Hanna Balzam and his sister-in-law Cywya Balzam in Dampremy, Belgium, to their parents in Krzepice, Poland, regarding money Hanna and Cywja sent over to help, 1942 ; a parcel request form filled out by Jankiel (Jakob) ...

The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Isaac Margosis and his wife Schendel Brotman who fled Brussels, Belgium with their children Anna, Willy, and Michel in 1940. Included are letters to Isaac and Schendel, living as refugees in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, from Anna and Willy in Barcelona, Spain (1944) and Palestine (1944-1948); correspondence and writings regarding Isaac’s journalism ...

This collection contains : a picture of non-deported Baruch (Bernhard) Neumann and his mother-in-law Maria Fridman ; pictures of deported family members of Baruch (Bernhard) Neumann and his wife Bajla Liba Wolfsztat, e.g. Baruch's brother Maurice (Moise) Neuman, his wife Enia Leszcz and their children Raymonde Sara and Adolf, Baruch's brother David Isaac Neumann, his wife Jenny (Jeanne) Lewkowitz and ...

<p>This collection comprises the papers of Michael and Charlotte Terfus, Jewish refugees from Berlin who fled Nazi persecution in March 1939. Charlotte's parents and Michael's sister were unable to emigrate and were later deported to concentration camps where they perished.</p>Personal papers including&nbsp;Michael Terfus' qualifications and work references, medical certificate, copies of marriage ...

The Albersheim family papers consist of biographical, photographic, and printed materials documenting Walter Albersheim from Billerbeck, Germany before World War II, his photography studios in Barcelona and Amsterdam during the Nazi years, his efforts to avoid deportation during the Holocaust, the liberation of Amsterdam, and Albersheim’s immigration to the United States with his wife and daughter ...

Title: “Buntes Allerlei” “Mitglied des Klubs der Kino-Amateure Österreichs” “Schulwandertag April 1931-May 1933”. Shaky views of a school group hiking trips, dining outdoors. Girls dressed up in gowns embrace. Horse races. The group hikes, older man with a cane, they relax at the Liesing Brewery. 01:01:46 Ferdinand Hausner. Ducks. More shots of the school group at the brewery. 01:02:58 A different ...

The Joseph and Margaret Weiss family papers include correspondence, writings, genealogical materials, newspaper clippings, cardboard tags, and photographs documenting Joseph and Margaret Weiss’s immigration to the United States from Vienna via Czechoslovakia, France, and England in 1939 and their efforts to help their mothers emigrate from Prague and Vienna. Most of the correspondence is between the ...

Kurt Goldmann (1921-2003) was born in Eschwege, Germany on September 8, 1921 to Paul (1883-1958) and Hedwig “Hede” (née Baum, 1892-1959) Goldmann. Paul was the son of Philipp (1845-1933) and Franziska (née, Levy, 1862-1891) Goldmann. Paul was the proprietor of the family business, named for his grandfather Jacob Goldmann (1807-1887), which was established in Eschwege in 1880, though the first family ...

Baruch alias Bernard Gross was born on 25 July 1908 in Losie, Poland, as the twelfth of fifteen children born to the orthodox Hassidic couple Arie Leib Gross and Silka Gross. The family lived in the shtetl Gorlice and spoke Yiddish at home. Bernard attended a cheder and was well educated in the Jewish scriptures. In his free time he played chess. In 1927 Bernard’s parents sent him abroad so he would ...

Frieda Beirnaert was born in 1926. As of September 1940, she attended the “school voor handel en administratie” [school of commerce and administration] at Durletstraat 8 in Antwerp, Belgium. Frieda befriended her Jewish classmate Rebecca Weinstein (born on 14 June 1926 in Antwerp, Belgium) during her first year at the school (1940-1941) and Jewish classmates Rosa Seewald (born on 17 December 1926 in ...

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