Estelle Laughlin papers
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Estelle Laughlin
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.
Estelle Laughlin donated the Estelle Laughlin papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
Scope and Content
The Estelle Laughlin papers consist of post-war immigration documents for Edith Wakschlag (also known as Esther or Estera) later known as Estelle Laughlin. The documents include a Legitimation Ausweis identifying her as a former prisoner, April 1946; a Hebrew Immigration Aid Society (HIAS) identity card, July 1947; a smallpox vaccination certificate, July 1947; and an Anmeldung certificate which identifies that Michaela, Frieda, and Edith Wakschlag have registered with the local police as stateless persons who resided in Poland prior to the war, October 1945.
System of Arrangement
The Estelle Laughlin papers is arranged in a single series.
People
- Laughlin, Estelle.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Germany.
- Holocaust survivors.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jewish refugees.
Genre
- Identification cards.
- Certificates.
- Document