Hanneliese Mendowsky family collection

Identifier: irn530351
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Beverly P. Shapiro, the niece of Hanneliese Mendowsky Tannenbaum and the granddaughter of Martha Mendowsky.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a suitcase, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Hanneliese Mendowsky Tannenbaum and her mother Martha Mendowsky during and after the Holocaust when they left Breslau, Germany, for the United States.

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Mendowsky family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn552700
- English
- folder oversize box 1 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Hanneliese Mandowsky Tannenbaum and her mother Martha Mendowsky. Includes German birth certificate issued to Hanneliese Mandowsky in Breslau, September 29, 1939; and primarily post-war framed and unframed photographs of family and friends.
Suitcase used by German Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn552701
- English
- overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 19.750 inches (50.165 cm) | Depth: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Suitcase used by Hanneliese Mendowsky when she left Breslau, Germany, for the United States before the war.

Hanneliese Mendowsky family collection

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Mendowsky family papers

Suitcase used by German Jewish refugees