Ernst Guttmann papers
Extent and Medium
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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.
Subjects
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--England.
- Jewish refugees--England.
Genre
- Document