Heilpern Family Collection

Contains documents, correspondence, passports and identity papers illustrating the experiences of Hans and Sidonie Heilpern and their three children Gertrude, Felix and Wilhelmine all of whom fled Vienna, Austria in 1939. Included is correspondence from Hans to Sidonie from concentration camps Dachau and Buchenwald in Germany, where Hans was interned from June 1938 to April 1939. Passport issued to Sidonie states family arrived August 1939, except Felix, who arrived separately. Also included are various documents issued to family in the United States, and pre- and postwar photographs of the family in Vienna and New York.