Erna and Herman Meyer collection

Identifier: irn522401
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Erna Landau Meyer, the wife of Herman Meyer.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a wallet and documents relating to the experiences of Erna Landau before the war when she emigrated from Rhede, Germany, to Great Britain in 1938 and of photographs relating to the experiences of Herman Meyer and his extended family in the Netherlands and then in Kenya where they lived as refugees during World War II.

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Erna and Herman Meyer papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522432
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consist of documents relating to the experiences of Erna Landau and her immigration from Rhede, Germany, to England from 1938 to 1939, photographs of Herman Meyer and his family in the Netherlands and then in Kenya where they lived as refugees during World War II.
Leather wallet with 6 pockets used by a German Jewish refugee to hold wartime documents
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522433
- English
- overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Wallet used by Erna Landau to carry her documents during and after the war. Due to the escalating persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany, Erna's parents, Arthur and Bertha, decided to send Erna and her younger sister Ruth from Rhede to Great Britain in June 1938. The war ended in May 1945. Arthur and Bertha had been deported from Germany to Riga, Latvia, where they were murdered. In June1947, Erna and Ruth emigrated to the United States.

Erna and Herman Meyer collection

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Erna and Herman Meyer papers

Leather wallet with 6 pockets used by a German Jewish refugee to hold wartime documents