Elfriede Schloss collection

Identifier: irn530726
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 1995 and 2000 by Elfriede Meyer Schloss.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a tag and documents relating to the experiences of Elfriede Meyer during the Holocaust when she was placed in a Jewish orphanage in France and eventually emigrated to the United States along with other orphaned children with the assistance of the American Friends Service Committee.

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Elfriede Schloss papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn500356
- English
- 1939-1980
- folders 3
- Updated 1 year ago
The Elfriede Schloss papers contain Elfriede’s travel visa and identification tag, and various news clippings concerning her and other orphans’ arrival to the United States. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) photocopies includes copied correspondence and documents from the AFSC archives related to the immigration of the one hundred orphans from France, of which Elfriede was included.
American Friends Service Committee ID badge worn by a rescued Jewish child
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn533660
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Information tag worn by Elfriede Meyer during her voyage to America from France with other orphaned Jewish children, sent with the assistance of the American Friends Service Committee.

Elfriede Schloss collection

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Elfriede Schloss papers

American Friends Service Committee ID badge worn by a rescued Jewish child