Rosa Freimann and Sigmund Scheichkorn papers

Identifier
irn35082
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.141.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35082

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lilli Cutler

Scope and Content

Contains documents concerning the experiences of Rosa Freimann and Sigmund Scheichkorn (donor's parents) during and after the Holocaust in Poland and Germany: papers include a "kennkarte", a false identity card issued to Rosa under the alias Helena Krembiak dated February 15, 1943 in Warsaw, Poland; a poem written by Rosa in May 1944; and numerous postwar documents issued to Rosa and Sigmund who lived in Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany after the War and eventually immigrated to New York.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Lilli Cutler

Corporate Bodies

  • Zeilsheim (Displaced persons camp)

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

  • Postcards.
  • Document
  • Identification card.
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