Abraham Levi family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn49678
• English
• boxes 3
• Updated 1 year ago

Consists of photographs, documents, correspondence, identity cards, restitution documents, and clippings related to members of the de Levie, Levy, de Beer, and Seligmann families, originally of Oldenburg, Germany. Includes photographs taken of men being arrested on Kristallnacht; documentation from family members who were able to emigrate to Palestine and to Montevideo, Uruguay; wartime correspondence including a postcard sent from Auschwitz-Birkenau and correspondence from a German POW (prisoner of war) camp; and documents related to the Holocaust in Oldenburg.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn49679
• English
• overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Star of David badge worn by Adolf Daniel de Beer in Oldenburg, Germany. Adolf was president of the synagogue in Oldenburg and operated a large laundry with branches outside the city. In January 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany and instituted government policies to persecute Jews. People were encouraged to boycott Jewish businesses and, in August 1936, Adolf closed his stores. The synagogue was destroyed during Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938. Adolf's wife, Mathilde, had converted to Judaism prior to their marriage and was issued the identification card of a non-Jew. They ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn86629
• English
• overall: Height: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm) | Width: 23.750 inches (60.325 cm) | Depth: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Vulcan fiber suitcase used by Mathilde and Adolf Daniel de Beer when they left Oldenburg, Germany, for Hamburg in the late 1930s where they lived for the duration of the war. Adolf was president of the synagogue in Oldenburg and operated a large commercial laundry with branches outside the city. In January 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany and instituted government policies to persecute Jews. People were encouraged to boycott Jewish businesses and, in August 1936, Adolf closed his stores. The synagogue was destroyed during Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938. Mathilde had conv...