Ralph Mayer collection

Identifier
irn39077
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.347
  • RG-10.494
Dates
1 Jan 1928 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39077

Extent and Medium

folder

oversize box

1

1

Creator(s)

  • Ralph Mayer

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ralph Mayer

Ralph Mayer donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of two large photograph albums both containing enlarged black and white photographs. One album shows the interior of the pre-war family home in Krefeld, Germany, while the other shows the interior of the family's cardboard factory in Krefeld. Also includes five identity documents for Rolf Mayer (now Ralph Mayer), born in 1928 in Krefeld, who immigrated to the United States with his family in January 1939.

People

  • Mayer, Ralph, 1928-

Subjects

  • Krefeld (Germany)--History.
  • Factory system--Germany--History.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Krefeld.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.