Abraham Levi papers

Identifier
irn49678
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.299.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn49678

Extent and Medium

boxes

3

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Abraham Levi

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Abraham Levi.

Scope and Content

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.

People

  • Seligmann, Herbert.
  • Levy, Ernest Simon.
  • de Beer, Hilda.
  • de Beer, Lotte.
  • de Levie-Levy, Hedwig.
  • de Beer, Erich.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.
  • Montevideo (Uruguay)
  • Palestine--Emigration and immigration.
  • Oldenburg (Germany)

Genre

  • Document
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