Wolf and Dreisel Bienstock family collection

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Bienstock family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn527001
- English
- 1940-1958
- folders oversize folder 8 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The Bienstock family papers document the experiences of Dreisel and Wolf Bienstock and their children Joseph and Martha Bienstock as they fled Nazi Germany in 1938. The papers include immigration and identification documents; copies of letters Martha Bienstock sent from Lisbon, Portugal to family members and her friend Gisa; restitution papers with testimonial statements regarding their men’s clothing business; and a photocopy of a newspaper with an article about the Bienstock’s business not being open on Saturdays. There is also a Polish poverty certificate of Abraham Singer, whose relatio...
Suitcase used by German Jewish refugee family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn527003
- English
- overall: Height: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Width: 23.000 inches (58.42 cm) | Depth: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Suitcase relating to Wolf and Dreisel Bienstock and their children Joseph and Martha (donor's mother) and their flight from Nazi Germany via Holland, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal to the United States, and their successful post-war attempts for financial resitution for their family business in Dortmund, which had been confiscated because they were Jewish.