Manfred and Anita Lamm Gans family collection

Identifier: irn47452
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47452

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 and 2013 by Daniel Gans and Aviva Gans-Rosenberg, the children of Manfred and Anita Lamm Gans.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a military jacket, scrip, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Manfred Gans in Germany, Great Britain, the British Army, and the United States before, during, and after the Holocaust, his family in Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Palestine, and Theresienstadt ghetto labor camp before, during, and after the Holocaust, and Anita Lamm and her family in Germany and the United States during and after the Holocaust.

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Gans family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn594969
- English
- 1938-1950
- boxes oversize box book enclosures 4 1 5
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection relates to the Gans family, originally of Borken, Germany. It includes photographs of pre-war life, including a photograph album depicting a day in the life of the three Gans boys. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence, mainly from Anita Lamm in the United States to Manfred Gans, then a member of the British military. Also includes documentation and correspondence related to the wartime experiences of Moritz and Else Gans, who were deported to Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen, and liberated from Theresienstadt. Includes Moritz’s diary, into which he made short...
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee in the British army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn596760
- English
- overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Scrip, valued at 20 kronen, distributed in Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp, acquired by Manfred Gans, a German Jewish refugee who served as a Marine Commando for the British Army from May 1944 to May 1945. The scrip was issued in the camp his parents had been deported to in 1943 and he placed this note into his Soldier’s Book. In 1938, to escape Nazi-controlled Germany, Manfred immigrated to England. After Great Britain declared war against Germany on September 3, 1939, he was classified as an enemy alien, arrested, and sent to an internment camp on the Isle of Man. Manfred later...
Belgium, 10 francs or 2 belga note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee in the British army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn596764
- English
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Bank note, valued at 10 francs, acquired by Manfred Gans, a German-Jewish refugee who served as a Marine Commando for the British Army from May 1944 to May 1945. Manfred’s troop served in Belgium during the fall of 1944 and he placed this note into his Soldier’s Book. The note was a special issue distributed by the National Bank of Belgium after allied forces liberated the country from German occupation in 1944. In 1938, to escape Nazi-controlled Germany, Manfred immigrated to England. After Great Britain declared war against Germany on September 3, 1939, he was classified as an enemy alien...
Certificate of Citizenship document case belonging to a German Jewish refugee couple
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn596947
- English
- overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
“Certificate of Citizenship” document case owned by Anita Lamm and Manfred Gans, German-Jewish refugees who became United States citizens in 1945 and 1955. In 1938, to escape Nazi-controlled Germany, Manfred’s father helped Anita and her parents immigrate to the United States, and Manfred immigrated to England. After Great Britain declared war against Germany on September 3, 1939, he was classified as an enemy alien, arrested, and sent to an internment camp on the Isle of Man. Manfred later enlisted in the British Army, where he spent two years assigned to a labor unit before being recruite...
Luftwaffe paratrooper badge with a yellow eagle acquired by a German Jewish refugee in the British army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn596949
- English
- overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Luftwaffe (German Air Force) paratrooper badge, acquired by Manfred Gans, a German Jewish refugee who served as a Marine Commando for the British Army from May 1944 to May 1945. This type of patch was issued to German paratroopers who had successfully completed six jumps. Gans took the badge from a prisoner who claimed to have been the driver for Erwin Rommel during his command of the German forces in North Africa from 1941-1943. He sent the badge in a letter dated 27 October 1944 to his friend, Anita Lamm, who had immigrated to the United States. For Anita, the badge symbolized hope for vi...
Manfred and Anita Lamm Gans family collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn716981
- English
- folders 2
- Updated 7 months ago
Correspondence between Manfred and Anita Gans.
British Army paratrooper's jacket worn in combat by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84572
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 33.000 inches (83.82 cm) | Width: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
British Airborne paratrooper's Denison jacket with a camouflage pattern worn by 22 year old Manfred Gans, a Jewish refugee from Germany, while serving as a Marine Commando for the British Army from May 1944 to May 1945. The Denison smock was designed with an adjustable tail flap, and worn over standard battle dress to keep gear secured when a paratrooper deployed his parachute. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany and implemented anti-Jewish laws. In July 1938, Manfred went to England. On September 3, 1939, Great Britain declared war against Germany, and Manfred wa...

Manfred and Anita Lamm Gans family collection

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Gans family papers

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee in the British army

Belgium, 10 francs or 2 belga note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee in the British army

Certificate of Citizenship document case belonging to a German Jewish refugee couple

Luftwaffe paratrooper badge with a yellow eagle acquired by a German Jewish refugee in the British army

Manfred and Anita Lamm Gans family collection

British Army paratrooper's jacket worn in combat by a German Jewish refugee