Beate and Ernest Oppenheimer papers

Identifier
irn43213
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.475.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

3

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carol Oppenheimer Wolinsky

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Carol Oppenheimer Wolinsky.

Scope and Content

Documents, artifacts, photos and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Beate Ada Oppenheimer neé Oppenheimer and husband Ernest Oppenheimer both German Jews who fled Nazi-occupation and immigrated to the United States prior to their meeting and marriage. Included in the collection are objects that also document the extended families’ experiences, such as letters from Ernst’s father and step-mother who both perished as well as documentation of Ada’s parents who were interned in the Theresienstadt concentration camp in the Czechoslovakia and released to Switzerland before the end of World War II.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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