Ernst Guttmann papers

Identifier
irn47934
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.183.1
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ernest J. Goodman

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Ernest Goodman in 2014.

Scope and Content

German identification and travel documents issued to Ernst Guttmann in Breslau, Germany, from where he emigrated in 1939 on a Kindertransport. Documents include a child's identification card and a standard identification card, the latter marked with the letter "J." Also included are identification card issued to Guttmann in Harwich, England, August 1939, and railway and steamship ticket for travel from Holland to the United Kingdom. A copy photograph of Guttmann, shows him in England in 1939, with a note on the verso indicating that he wished to send this to his mother in Breslau, but was unable to do so because of the outbreak of war.

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