Sondheimer family papers

Identifier
irn35333
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.143.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35333

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Hanni Vogelweid

Issued to Moritz and Setty Sondheimer (donor's parents), Kovno, Lithuania, July 1940. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by the Estate of Hanni Vogelweid.

Scope and Content

Contains two German passports (Deutsches Reich Reisepass) belonging to donor's parents, Moritz and Setty Sondheimer; donor's brother Karl's identification is included in Moritz's passport, which documents the family's flight from Nazi occupation through Lithuania, Russia, and Japan, and eventually to Shanghai, China where they remained until after the second World War ended. Includes red letter "J" added on date of passport's issue, July 5, 1940, in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania, and Moritz's passport includes as his middle name "Israel."

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Estate of Hanni Vogelweid

Subjects

  • Shanghai (China).
  • Kaunas (Lithuania).

Genre

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.

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