Estate of Hanni Vogelweid papers

Identifier
irn518986
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.101.1
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Chinese
  • Lithuanian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518986

Extent and Medium

folder

oversize folder

1

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

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

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by the Estate of Hanni Vogelweid.

Scope and Content

Documents illustrating the experiences of the Sondheimer family who emigrated from Berlin, Germany in 1934 to Kovno, Lithuania and then were forced to flee through Eastern Europe eventually being interned in a ghetto in Shanghai, China, where they remained throughout the Second World War. The collection represents Moritz Sondheimer, his wife Setty and their daughter Hanni; dated 1930's and 1940's; in Lithuanian, German, Chinese and English.

Genre

  • 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.