Hildegard Lewis papers
Extent and Medium
folders
8
Creator(s)
- Hildegard Lewis
Biographical History
Hildegard Lewis (1915-2010) was born Hildegard Jordan in Koblenz to Lion Jordan and Selma Loeb Jordan. She moved to New York in 1938 at the encouragement of her father's cousin Bessie Lederer. Her sister Karoline and her brother Fritz both emigrated to Palestine in 1938. Her parents were transported to Theresienstadt in July 1942, and her father died there in December. Her mother was transported to Auschwitz in January 1943 and did not survive.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this correspondence from Hildegard Lewis on Mar. 6, 2000.
Scope and Content
The Hildegard Lewis papers include letters and postcards to Hildegard Lewis in New York and New Jersey from her parents, Lion and Selma Jordan, in Koblenz as well as photocopies of photographs of Lewis, her parents, and her brother and sister. The letters provide news about friends and family, describe the Jordans' increasingly difficult situation in Koblenz, and ask for Lewis' help with their emigration efforts.
System of Arrangement
The Hildegard Lewis papers are arranged as two series: I. Correspondence, 1938-1941, II: Photographic materials, approximately 2000
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.
- Jewish families--Germany--Koblenz.
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--20th century.
- Holocaust victims' families.
- Jewish refugees--United States--New York.
- Koblenz (Germany)
Genre
- Document