Susan Laurents papers

Identifier
irn516302
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.49
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516302

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Ilse Waldheim

Biographical History

Ilse Sara Waldheim (née Steuer, 1904-1993) was born on September 15, 1904 in Cologne, Germany, to Albert Karl Steuer (1868-1942) and Julie Steuer (1875-1942). Her siblings include Margot Dreifuss (1901-1987), Ruth Wallach (b. 1907), and another unidentified sibling. Their parents, Albert and Julia Steuer perished at Treblinka concentration camp on September 25, 1942. Eventually, Ilse Steuer married Ernst Philip Waldheim (1904-1972) who was born in Germany. They had two children, Hans Waldheim (b. May 9, 1931) and Manfred Waldheim (June 19, 1935 - March 11, 2002). Ilse Waldheim and her sons sailed on the S.S. Serpa Pinto from Lisbon, Portugal arriving in New York on March 30, 1941. Ernst Phillip Waldheim died on December 27, 1972 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Ilse Waldheim died in Houston, Texas on November 27, 1993.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

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

Susan Laurents donated the papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of a Jewish identification card ("Kennkarte") issued to Ilse Sara Waldheim in Köln (Cologne), Germany; a worker's book ("Arbeitsbuch") issued to Ilse Sara Waldheim in Cologne, Germany, and stamped by Federnfabrik Bernhard Stübecke; a change of address report ("Abmeldung") issued by the police to Ilse Sara Waldheim in Hemer, Germany; and a tax document ("Lohnsteuerkarte") issued to Ilse Sara Waldheim in Hemer, Germany.

System of Arrangement

The Susan Laurents papers is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Waldheim, Hans.
  • Waldheim, Ilse, 1904-1993.
  • Waldheim, Manfred, 1935-2002.

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Germany.
  • Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.
  • Jewish refugees.
  • Germany.

Genre

  • Identification cards.
  • Document
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.