Scharlack family correspondence

Identifier
irn515377
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.477
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515377

Extent and Medium

boxes

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Ellen Spilka donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Dec. 23, 2002.

Scope and Content

Consists of correspondence from the Dannenberg family, of Kassel, Germany, to the Scharlack family in the United States. Hugo and Blanka Dannenberg Scharlack emigrated from Germany to the United States with their children in 1938, but Mrs. Scharlack's family (consisting of her mother, Emma Dannenberg, and sisters Johanna and Berta Dannenberg, and Hedwig Amster), for financial and emigration reasons, were unable to escape. They write to her of the conditions in Germany and of their desires and frustrations regarding the emigration process.

Genre

  • Document
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