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The collection contains prewar photographs of the family of Bronia Cimmerman Bronkesh in Sarny, Poland (Sarny, Ukraine), including the Cimmerman and Passman families; postwar photographs in the Neu-Freimann displaced persons camp; and a "Certificate in Lieu of Identity" issued to Elka Zimmerman by the American Consulate General in Munich, March 7, 1947.

Slim, rectangular leather identification card case received by Fritz (later Fred) Strauss while part of a refugee transport of children from Germany between 1939 and 1941. In response to the 1935 Nuremberg Laws and growing anti-Semitism in their small town, Fritz’s mother sent him, in 1936, to Frankfurt to attend school at a large Jewish orphanage. Within three years, anti-Semitism in Frankfurt had ...

The Richard and Ernestine Benes papers contains a diary, biographical material, and emigration and immigration documents relating to Richard and Ernestine Benes attempts to emigrate from Austria to the United States. The diary was written by Richard from June 6 - July 4 1941. In the diary Richard writes about their emigration from Austria to Prague, Berlin, Paris, and Spain as well as their time aboard ...

Robert Treuer was born in Vienna, Austria in 1926, to Friedrich (Fritz) Treuer (1894-1967) and Maria (Marie or Mia) Weil Treuer (1897-1990). Fritz Treuer owned a stationery store and was part of the anti-fascist movement in Vienna, helping to smuggle underground newspapers into the country through Czechoslovakia. Marie Treuer was a music teacher. She and her son left Austria for England in August 1938, ...

Max Bronner (1913-1976) was born Max Eichenbronner in Nuremberg to Moritz (Moses, 1881-approximately 1942) and Sylvia (Sylveria, 1892- approximately 1942) Eichenbronner. He immigrated to the United States in April 1937, settled in Chicago, and changed his name. Max tried to bring his parents to the United States, but they were deported to Izbica in 1942 with his aunt Frieda Eichenbronner and perished. ...

<p>This collection comprises the personal correspondence received by Tony Berger, a Jewish refugee from Duisburg who was the only one of her siblings to emigrate to England on a domestic visa. Despite her efforts to help her family leave the country, they did not manage to obtain the required documentation in time.</p>Family letters of Tony Berger, mainly from her mother, siblings and grandparents, ...

Small brown leather suitcase used by Fritz (later Fred) Strauss while part of a refugee transport of children from Germany between 1939 and 1941. In response to the 1935 Nuremberg Laws and growing anti-Semitism in their small town, Fritz’s mother sent him, in 1936, to Frankfurt to attend school at a large Jewish orphanage. Within three years, anti-Semitism in Frankfurt had grown, and on March 8, 1939, ...

Consists of photographs, official documents, and papers related to the Holocaust experiences of Frieda and Johanna Gross, who were passengers on the MS St. Louis. Also includes photographs and papers related to the sisters, who went into hiding in Belgium after their return to Europe and before their immigration to the United States. Includes pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the family ...

March of Time, Vol. 5, No. 4 Title on screen: "The Foreign Service" Footage of cities around the world where the US Foreign Service might be found. Shots of the American flag, the shield of the consulate general, and American embassies. The narrator notes that the most important task of the foreign service officer is to make friends for his country. Washington DC: the Capitol and the Old Executive ...

The Ernest R. Stiefel papers include photocopies of emigration and expropriation documents, Jüdische Kultusvereinigung and Jüdischer Kulturbund documents, and personal narratives describing the Nazi persecution of the Stiefel family from Frankfurt am Main; German and international barriers to German emigration; and the confiscation of money, property, and possessions of family members who emigrated ...