Reutlinger family papers

Identifier
irn39505
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.135.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39505

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Shlomo Reutlinger

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Shlomo Reutlinger.

Scope and Content

Collection of documents pertaining to Shlomo Reutlinger's family who escaped Pforzheim, Germany to Cuba. Shlomo was sent from Germany to Belgium and then to Palestine in 1940. Included in the collection is Shlomo's grandfather's passport and documents from Gurs and Rivesaltes which include description of life in these camps. List of inmates in Rivesaltes, postcards and handwritten manuscript giving an explanation of the Passover Haggadah that was written in Gurs. Photo of Shlomo's parents and sister Ruth in Cuba, 1943, as well as other miscellaneous documents.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Cuba--Emigration and immigration.

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.