Siegmund Sobel collection

Identifier: irn538687
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was purchased by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 from Mary Catalina.

Scope and Content

The collection documents the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Siegmund Sobel, originally of Vienna, Austria, and his wife Gertrude Sobel, including their emigrations from Vienna to Shanghai, China in 1939, Shanghai to Israel in 1949, and Israel to the United States in 1951. Included is biographical material, immigration paperwork, photographs, and 141 homemade photograph albums made by Siegmund chronicling his life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Objects include a box, armband, film canisters, currency, pillow, purse, and two suitcases.

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Siegmund Sobel papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521609
- English
- 1919-1963
- boxes oversize boxes oversize folders book enclosures 2 5 6 138
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection documents the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Siegmund Sobel, originally of Vienna, Austria, and his wife Gertrude Sobel, including their emigrations from Vienna to Shanghai, China in 1939, Shanghai to Israel in 1949, and Israel to the United States in 1951. Included is biographical material, immigration paperwork, photographs, and 141 homemade photograph albums made by Siegmund chronicling his life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Biographical material includes pre-war, wartime, and post-war documents of Siegmund and Gertrude, as well as material relati...

Siegmund Sobel collection

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Siegmund Sobel papers