Sidney Lindenheim papers
Extent and Medium
folders
6
Creator(s)
- Sidney Lindenheim
Biographical History
Sidney Lindenheim (b. 1924) was born Siegfried (Sigi, Ziggy) Lindenheim in Vienna to Jacob (Chaim, b. 1885) and Eva (Chawe, b. 1885) Lindenheim, who had relocated to Austria from Poland (Łuków and Skierniewice). Sidney immigrated to the United States via Cherbourg in March 1939, and Jacob and Eva immigrated via Genoa in February 1940.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Victor Lindenheim, in memory of Jacob and Eva Lindenheim
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Victor Lindenheim, in memory of Jacob and Eva Lindenheim
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Victor Lindenheim, Sidney Lindenheim’s son, donated the Sidney Lindenheim papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 and 1995. The accession formerly cataloged as 1995.A.0586 has been incorporated into this collection.
Scope and Content
The Sidney Lindenheim papers consist of German passports for Sidney, Jacob, and Eva Lindenheim, an immigration registration receipt for Chaskel, Gitta, and Amos Lindenheim, and an address book, notebook, and photograph taken aboard the SS Queen Mary documenting Sidney Lindenheim’s immigration to the United States in 1939. The address book and notebook contain addresses of friends and relatives in Europe and America as well as minimal notes about Lindenheim’s immigration.
System of Arrangement
The Sidney Lindenheim papers are arranged as a single series: I. Sidney Lindenheim papers, 1939
People
- Sidney Lindenheim
Subjects
- Jews--Austria--Vienna.
- Jews--Poland--Łuków (Lublin).
- Austria--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Jews--Poland--Skierniewice.
- Jewish refugees--New York (State)--New York.
- Vienna (Austria)
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document