Sachs family collection

Identifier
irn501999
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0286
Dates
1 Jan 1917 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

7

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection from Inge M. Rosenthal on June 18, 1998. This collection relates to the experiences of Inge M. Rosenthal and her family.

Scope and Content

Contains documents about Inge M. Rosenthal's escape to Germany on a Kindertransport, letters from Alfred and Margarete Sachs (1939-1943), deportation notice for Alfred and Margarete Sachs, death notice for Alfred and Margarete Sachs, documents related to Max and Herta Moser's emigration from Germany to Shanghai, transcribed letters from Carl Heinrich Mayer, and 21 black-and-white photographs. An accretion to the collection includes four photographic postcards taken of German soldiers during World War I. Some of the postcards were written by Jewish soldier Alfred Sachs, who is depicted on the front of the postcards. Mr. Sachs perished in Auschwitz during the Holocaust. Also includes images of a Jewish soldier named Rosenthal and of groups of soldiers.

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.