Laufer family papers

Identifier
irn514526
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.27.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514526

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Deborah Maarsen-Laufer.

Scope and Content

The collection contains photographs, correspondence, and documents relating to the exeriences of the Laufer family in Germany and the Netherlands during the Holocaust. The collection includes pre-World War II photographs of Elizabeth and Wilhelm Laufer and their daughters, Gisela, Margreet, and Deborah [donor], as well as a letter written from Elizabeth who was interned in Ravensbrück with her daughters to Wilhelm who was interned in Buchenwald, post-war documents issued to the Laufer women liberated in Bergen-Belsen, and post-war photographs of the family and three additional children born after the family reunited.

People

  • Laufer, Margreet.
  • Maarsen-Laufer, Deborah.
  • Laufer family.
  • Laufer, Gisela.
  • Laufer, Elizabeth.
  • Laufer, Wilhelm.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
  • Jewish families--Netherlands.
  • Concentration camp inmates' writings--Germany.
  • School children--Netherlands--1940-1950.

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.