Henry Schimmel collection
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of David Stevenson
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Dr. David Stevenson (originally David Silberstein) donated the Henry Schimmel collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2011. David Stevenson is Henry Schimmel's nephew and immigrated to the United States with his assistance.
Scope and Content
The Henry Schimmel collection consists of documents, affidavits, and correspondence related to Henry Schimmel's post-war assistance with the emigration efforts of his relatives who had survived the Holocaust. Mr. Schimmel, who immigrated from Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia in the 1920s, contacted various relief organizations and government officials to intervene and assist with the immigration of his sister, Jolan Rozenbaum, her children Andy, Ella, and Katherine, and his nephew, David Silberstein, all of whom had survived the Holocaust.
System of Arrangement
The Henry Schimmel collection is arranged in a single series.
People
- Rozenbaum, Jolan, 1892-
- Silberstein, Tibor, 1922-
- Silberstein, Ladislav.
- Schimmel, Henry.
- Rozenbaum, Kato, 1924-
- Silberstein, Desider, 1930-
- Rozsnbaum, Andrej, 1921-
- Rozenbaum, Ella, 1922-
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Podmokly (Czechoslovakia)
- Czechoslovakia.
- Praha (Czechoslovakia)
- Prague (Czechoslovakia)
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Telegrams.
- Correspondence.
- Affidavits.
- Document