Hoffman family collection

Identifier
irn43378
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.280.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Polish
  • Spanish
  • English
  • Italian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leon Hoffman

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Scope and Content

The Hoffman family collection consists of identification documents, correspondence, and photographs related to the Markus Hoffman and Rachela Brande Hoffman, who emigrated from Poland to the Dominican Republic, and their children Leon Hoffman and Berte Hoffman, who were both born in the Dominican Republic. The correspondence, 1939-1941, includes letters from their mothers, Rosa Brande in Czortków, Poland (now Ukraine) and Clara Hoffman in Tłumacz, Poland (now Ukraine), and other extended family members. All family members are presumed to have perished in the Holocaust. Also included are pre-war photographs taken in Poland; medical research papers written and published in Italy by Markus Hoffman, a physician, 1938; Leon and Berte Hoffman’s Dominican Republic passport, 1946; and Leon Hoffman’s naturalization certificate, 1955.

System of Arrangement

The Hoffman family collection is arranged in a single series.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Leon Hoffman M.D.

People

Subjects

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.