Ruth Danzig Rauch collection

Identifier: irn47286
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47286

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012, 2013, and 2014 by Steven Frank, the cousin of Ruth Danzig Rauch.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of badges, luggage tags, purse, suitcase, storybook, prayer book, and documents relating to the experiences of Ruth Danzig before, during, and after the Holocaust as a Kindertransport refugee from Munich, Germany, to the United Kingdom, and her 1944 emigration to the United States.

Genre

Collection

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.

Child Items

Filter Results

There are several ways to be more specific in your search query:

"Phrase": Search an exact match of your query, e.g. "Member lists"
+Phrase: Given word has to be in the result, e.g. +Gestapo
-Phrase: Exclude given word from search, e.g. -Gestapo

Use the following syntax to restrict the search to specific fields:

field:"phrase": For instance, you can find all descriptions that have the phrase "Auschwitz Birkenau" in their titles by searching for title:"Auschwitz Birkenau".

The following fields are currently available:

identifier
title
creator
person
place
subject
address

Displaying items 1 to 10 of 10

Ruth Danzig Rauch papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72345
- English
- 1938-1993
- folders 12
- Updated 7 months ago
The Ruth Danzig Rauch papers primarily contain biographical materials, correspondence, and emigration and immigration materials related to Ruth Danzig’s escape from Munich, Germany to Great Britain on the Kindertransport in 1939, her immigration to the United States in 1944, and the Danzig and Frank family’s life in Munich from 1939-1942. The biographical materials include documents from the International Tracing Service about Emanuel and Gerda Danzig, archival research on the fates of members of the Bravmann, Winter, and Danzig families in Germany, and school records for Ruth Danzig Rauch....
Small yellow suitcase used by a young German Jewish girl on the Kindertransport
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72347
- English
- overall: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 18.125 inches (46.038 cm) | Depth: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Small yellow suitcase used by 6 year old Franziska (Ruth) Danzig when her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, sent her from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransport to stay with a Jewish foster family in London. Ruth’s parent found a Jewish foster family, the Paste...
Red leather purse used by a young German Jewish girl on the Kindertransport
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72349
- English
- overall: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Red leather shoulder bag given to 6 year old Franziska (Ruth) Danzig by her mother Gerda before she was sent from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransport to stay with a Jewish foster family in London. Ruth’s parent found a Jewish foster family, the Pastern...
Handmade storybook by a German Jewish girl rescued by the Kindertransport
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72351
- English
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 15.125 inches (38.418 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Illustrated story book "The Lost Ones," made by Franziska (Ruth) Danzig who, at age 6, was sent by her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Jewish population was actively persecuted. During Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransport to stay with a Jewish foster family in London. Ruth’s parents found a Jewish foster family, th...
Girl Guide enrollment promise trefoil badge received by a young German Jewish girl rescued on the Kindertransport
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72352
- English
- overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Girl Guide trefoil enrollment pin issued to Franziska (Ruth) Danzig when she was living in England as a Kindertransport refugee from June 1939-October 1944. When Ruth was 6, her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, sent her from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransp...
Public School Athletic League Winged Victory achievement badge received by a German Jewish teenage refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72353
- English
- overall: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Girl's Branch PSAL (Public School Athletic League) medal awarded to Franziska (Ruth) Danzig for physical accomplishments when she attended school in New York in the 1940s. When Ruth was 6, her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, sent her from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on...
Brown leather luggage tag used by a young German Jewish girl on the Kindertransport
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72354
- English
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Leather luggage tag used by 6 year old Franziska (Ruth) Danzig when her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, sent her from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransport to stay with a Jewish foster family in London. Ruth’s parent found a Jewish foster family, the Pastern...
Brown leather luggage tag used by a young German Jewish girl on the Kindertransport
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72355
- English
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Leather luggage tag used by 6 year old Franziska (Ruth) Danzig when her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, sent her from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransport to stay with a Jewish foster family in London. Ruth’s parent found a Jewish foster family, the Pastern...
Leather luggage tag used by a young German Jewish girl on the Kindertransport
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72362
- English
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Leather luggage tag used by 6 year old Franziska (Ruth) Danzig when her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, sent her from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransport to stay with a Jewish foster family in London. Ruth’s parent found a Jewish foster family, the Pastern...
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72363
- English
- 1906
- Updated 7 months ago
Religion, Natural and Revealed, a book given to 12 year old Ruth Danzig by her foster family in England upon her departure for the US in October 1944. There is a handwritten inscription on the inside cover. When Ruth was 6, her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, sent her from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939,...