Hockenheimer, Loewenthal, Fraenkel, and Brock families collection

Identifier: irn533532
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn533532

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Ralph M. Hockley.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a portrait drawing, correspondence, documents, photographs, and assorted memorabilia related to the experiences of Julius and Lilli (Loewenthal) Hockenheimer and their children, Marianne and Rudolf (Rudy) (later Ralph Hockley) during the Holocaust in Germany and France, their 1940 emigration to the United States, and postwar life, as well as other members of the Hockenheimer, Loewenthal, Fraenkel, and Brock families.

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Hockenheimer, Loewenthal, Fraenkel, and Brock families papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn551053
- English
- 1938-1945
- box oversize folders 1 2 1 cassette, 1 DVD,
- Updated 7 months ago
The Hockenheimer, Loewenthal, Fraenkel, and Brock families papers include photographs, family trees, biographical materials, identification papers, certificates, school records, immigration and naturalization records, correspondence, and research materials relating to Ralph Martin Hockley (formerly Rudolf Martin Hockenheimer), Eva Fraenkel Hockley, and their families from Germany. The papers document the Hockenheimer family’s experiences seeking refuge in France, working with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), and immigrating to the United States via Trinidad; and the Fraenkel f...
Portrait of a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561556
- English
- overall: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Watercolor and pencil portrait of Rudi Hockenheimer (later Ralph Hockley) painted by G.W. Mooy, another refugee in 1941 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Rudi, his parents, Julius and Lilli, and his sister Marianne escaped from Nazi Germany to Marseille, France. Julius was held in Les Milles and Gurs internment camps of Les Milles and Gurs. But in 1940, the family left for the United States on the ship Winnipeg, sailing by way of Trinidad.

Hockenheimer, Loewenthal, Fraenkel, and Brock families collection

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Hockenheimer, Loewenthal, Fraenkel, and Brock families papers

Portrait of a German Jewish refugee