Henni Padawer collection

Identifier
irn523856
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.377
Dates
1 Jan 1931 - 31 Dec 1987
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Henni Padawer donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Aug. 8, 2006.

Scope and Content

Consists of documents and photographs related to the wartime experiences of Henni (Henny) Breslauer Padawer, originally of Dusseldorf, Germany. Includes pre-war and wartime photographs of Henni and her family and friends, including a Purim photograph, photographs of Henni's parents after their arrival in the United States, and photographs of the couple who sponsored the family's immigration. Also includes Henni's first place certificate in a Maccabi sporting event and a picture of a girl holding a lantern which was given to her by a teacher before Henni left Germany, as well as a copy of her 1987 memoir, "Events Leading my Family to America and Freedom" in which she describes her memories of Kristallnacht, of leaving her father in Europe and immigrating with her mother and brother to the United States, and of her father escaping and joining the family.

Subjects

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.