Georg Unger letter
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Georg Unger
Biographical History
Max Unger was born in New York on November 29, 1866 and died in Berlin, Germany in 1912. His son, Georg Unger was born in Berlin on October 6, 1897. He was a businessman. In 1938 he wrote to possible distant relatives in the United States requesting assistance to emigrate from Germany.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stuart and Harriet Lipoff
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Stuart and Harriet Lipoff donated the Georg Unger letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005.
Scope and Content
The Georg Unger letter, dated 12 November 1938, was sent from Georg Unger in Berlin, Germany to Henry Unger in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the letter, Georg explains that he and Henry Unger could be distantly related, but regardless, he needs an affidavit of support in order to emigrate from Germany, as he is no longer allowed to work under Nazi restrictions. Also included is the envelope in which the letter was mailed.
System of Arrangement
The Georg Unger letter is arranged in a single series.
People
- Unger, Georg.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jews--Germany.
- Germany.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Berlin (Germany)
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Document