Edward Isidor Gross collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn532851
• English
• 1941
• Updated 7 months ago

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn532852
• English
• 1942
• Updated 7 months ago

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn60746
• English
• 1921-1997
• folders 22
• Updated 7 months ago

The Isidor Gross papers consist of documents and photographs that concern the family, immigration, and United States Army service of German born Jewish man, Isidor Gross. After being arrested by the Gestapo in 1938, Isidor and his father Markus fled Aachen, Germany for the United States and successfully rescued his mother and two younger siblings from a holding camp. Included in this collection are several documents from Isidor’s childhood in Germany, among them, his birth certificate, school report card, and employment workbook. Also included are papers documenting Isidor’s naturalization ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn60747
• English
• overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

White sleeve badge worn by Isidore (later Edward) Gross as a teenager when he played soccer with the Maccabi Sports Club in Aachen, Germany. He lived with his parents, Markus and Ida, and two younger siblings in Aachen, Germany. His parents had been born in Poland, but had lived in Aachen since 1920. Since the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship in1933, Jew were increasingly persecuted in Germany. In fall 1938, Markus was deported back to Poland by the German authorities. Following Kristallnacht on November 9-10. Isidore, age 17, and his maternal uncle Jacob were arrested. Isidore was re...