Kollander family collection

Identifier
irn50113
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.415.1
Dates
1 Jan 1917 - 31 Dec 1971
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50113

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mel Kollander

Mel Kollander donated donated the Kollander family collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of correspondence, documents, and photographs related to the Kollander family, originally of Leipzig, Germany. The bulk of the collection is related to Max Kollander, who emigrated to the United States in 1926, including correspondence with family in Germany, affidavits to get his parents to the United States, and telegrams from 1938-1939 after the Kristallnacht arrest of Max's brother Leo. The entire family was eventually able to leave Germany and survived the war.

People

  • Kollander, Leo.
  • Kollander, Max.

Subjects

  • German--Emigration and immigration--History--1933-1945.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Leipzig (Germany)
  • Germany.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.