Doris Jacobson papers

Identifier
irn513027
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.504.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn513027

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Creator(s)

  • Doris S. Jacobson

Biographical History

Dr. Leo and Olga Jacobson fled Nazi Germany with their children Gerald and Hanna sailing on the Queen Mary from Cherbourg to New York on March 2, 1938.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Doris S. Jacobson

Donated by Doris S. Jacobson to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000. Additional material was added in 2014.

Scope and Content

Papers consists of one Identity card (Ausweiskarte) issued to Olga Jacobsohn, dated 1935-1936; a letter, written by Olga Jacobsohn, on the back of a concert program; and a newspaper page from "Berlin Blatt der C.-V. Zeitung;" dated 4 April 1935. Also included are documents and correspondence regarding restitution claims made by Dr. Gerald Jacobson (Doris S. Jacobson’s late husband), dated 1953-1960.

People

  • Jacobsohn, Olga.
  • Fox, Hannah.

Genre

  • Document
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