von Halle family papers

Oscar Louis von Halle (1886-1944) was born on October 1, 1886 in Hamburg, Germany. He served in the military during World War I. After the war, he became an architect. In the late 1910s, he married Henriette Cohn (Cohen, b. 1896 in Berlin, Germany) and they had two sons, Hans Jürgen von Halle (May 7, 1921-1941) and Gerd Siegmund von Halle (later Gerald von Halle, b. December 12, 1922 in Hamburg, Germany) moved from Hamburg, Germany, to Amsterdam, Netherlands in the early days of World War II. The family spent time in hiding in the homes of neighbors, but was eventually discovered by the Gestapo. Gerd and Hans Jürgen were sent to Schoorl concentration camp in the summer of 1941. Gerd was released due to the fact that he suffered from tuberculosis. Hans Jürgen was later deported to Mauthausen concentration camp where he died in either July or September 1941. The Gestapo discovered Oscar von Halle in hiding in 1943 and sent him to Hertogenbosch concentration camp in the Netherlands. He was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp, where he perished on January 31, 1944. Gerd and Henriette von Halle managed to avoid arrest and stayed in hiding until the end of the war. They immigrated to the United States with the assistance of relatives, the Charles family.

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Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

The Von Halle family papers is compiled of two donations from the Von Halle family. Gerald von Halle donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in July 1990. Jeremy von Halle donated his manuscript to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.