Berthold Baer papers
Extent and Medium
box
folder
1
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John L. Baer
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by John Baer.
Scope and Content
Documents, correspondence, photographs and album illustrating the experiences of Berthold and Hilde Baer and their son Hans Lothar in Germany surrounding WWII in Germany. Included are military documents for Berthold's WWI service, photographs and albums of pre-war Germany and documents and correspondence surrounding their immigration to the United States via London, England. Documents, photographs and correspondence also illustrate Werner Simon (Hilde's brother) and his wife Eva and their son Daniel, all of whom were killed and information concerning Clara Simon (Werner and Hilde's mother) who was liberated in Theresienstadt.
Genre
- Document
- Identification documents.
- Photo albums.
- Photographs.