Ernest Hartog family papers

Identifier
irn515910
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.108.1
Dates
1 Jan 1899 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

14

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Ernest Hartog was born Ernst Hartog in 1928 in Aachen to Emil (1886-approximately 1942) and Paula Hartog (1894-1974) and initially lived in nearby Gangelt. His family moved to Aachen in 1937 and then to Brussels in 1939. Emil Hartog was arrested as an enemy alien when Germany invaded Belgium, and Ernest and his mother fled to Paris. Emil was transferred to the concentration camps at St. Cyprien and Gurs. Ernest and Paula moved to Lyon in 1941, living under the false identity “Ardolle.” Emil was deported to Auschwitz in August 1942 and perished. Ernest and Paula were the only survivors among their extended family, and they immigrated to the United States in 1947, settling in New York. Ernest married Sonya Salomon, a survivor from Luxembourg.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ernest Hartog

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

Ernest Hartog donated the Ernest Hartog family papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998.

Scope and Content

The Ernest Hartog family papers include biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Hartog family, Emil Hartog’s imprisonment in the concentration camp at Gurs and his family’s efforts to arrange for his release through Father Alexandre Glasberg and other channels, and Paula Hartog’s brothers, Albert and Hugo Josephs. Biographical materials include authentic and forged identification papers; birth, marriage, vaccination, and prefectural certificates; and student, medical, and military records. Correspondence consists primarily of letters and postcards from Emil Hartog to his wife and son while imprisoned in Gurs. The letters describe daily life and conditions in the camp, his health, and efforts to secure his release, for example through the aid of Father Alexandre Glasberg. Additional letters document Ernest Hartog’s efforts to locate his father after his deportation to Auschwitz. Photographs depict Ernest, Paula, and Emil Hartog and Albert, Hugo, Erna, and Helga Josephs before the war in Gangelt and Aachen, during the war in Brussels, and after the war in Lyon.

System of Arrangement

The Ernest Hartog family papers are arranged as three series: I. Biographical materials, 1899-1949, II. Correspondence, 1941-1943, III. Photographs, approximately 1920-1946

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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.