Photograph of Josef and Fanny Stein on MS St. Louis

Identifier
irn523564
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.232
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523564

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Charles Maier

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

The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Charles Maier in 1999.

Scope and Content

A photograph of Josef and Fanny Stein seated in wooden deck chairs on board the MS St. Louis with a life preserver reading "St Louis/Hamburg" in the background, May 13, 1939 - June 17, 1939.

System of Arrangement

This is a single photograph.

People

  • Stein, Josef, 1871-
  • Stein, Fanny, 1879-

Corporate Bodies

  • St. Louis (Ship)

Subjects

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.