Erich and Margot Leyser photograph collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Leyser family
Biographical History
Erich Leyser was born on December 10, 1881 in Thorn, Germany. Margot Leyser (née Fraenkel) was born on August 11, 1893 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany. In May 1939, they boarded the MS St. Louis. After being denied entry to Cuba and the United States, Eric and Margot Leyser disembarked in France. At some point after their disembarkation in France, Erich was sent to the Gurs internment camp and St. Cyprien internment camp. On May 10, 1940 Margot was imprisoned at the Gurs internment camp. They both survived the war and prior to July 1946, they had immigrated to Uruguay.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Steffi Winters
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Steffie Winters donated the Erich and Margot Leyser photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of two studio portraits of Erich and Margot Leyser, who were passengers aboard the MS St. Louis. Both photographs have inscriptions written by Margot Leyser. One photograph is inscribed with "Zum Abscheid aus Deutschland 4-Mai-1939" and the other photograph is inscribed "10.Juli 1946" and is stamped .".Optica Ariel..Montevideo" Uruguay.
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged in a single series.
People
- Leyser, Erich, 1881-?
- Leyser, Margot, 1893-?
Corporate Bodies
- St. Louis (Ship)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Jewish refugees.
- Refugees.
- Refugees--Uruguay--Montevideo--1940-1950.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- Holocaust survivors.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document