Grünberg family papers

Identifier
irn543332
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.154
Dates
1 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn543332

Extent and Medium

oversize folder

folder

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1

Creator(s)

  • Grünberg family

Biographical History

Siegfried Grünberg (later Gruen, 1899-1987) was born in Vienna, Austria on August 14, 1899. Irma Katz (later Grünberg / Gruen, 1906-1993) was born in Vienna on July 8, 1906 to Juda Lieb Katz (b. March 29, 1876) and Chaja Zilsel Margulies (b. March 4, 1878). Siegfried Grünberg and Irma Katz were married on June 5, 1932. They had two children Erich Grünberg (later Gruen, b. May 7, 1935) and Kitty Grünberg (b. March 5, 1938). They immigrated to the United States. On December 5, 1944 Siegfried Gruen became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Siegfried Gruen died on December 24, 1987 and Irma Gruen died in December 1993.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irma Gruen

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Irma Gruen donated the Grünberg family papers to the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.

Scope and Content

The Grünberg family papers relate to the wartime experiences of the Grünberg family of Vienna, Austria. The papers include the birth certificates of Siegfried Grünberg and Irma Katz; reissued copies of the marriage certificates of Siegfried and Irma Grünberg, June 5, 1932, and Juda Lieb Katz and Chaja Zilsel Margulies, February 21, 1909; a naturalization certificate for Siegfried Gruen, December 5, 1944; and a certificate for the completion of coursework in elementary education for Siegfried Grünberg, June 1940. Also included are three German passports, Deutsches Reich Reisepass, issued to Irma Grünberg and her two children, Erich and Kitty, March 16, 1939; Siegfried Grünberg, March 31, 1939; and Karl Hein, November 11, 1939. A letter written by Siegfried Grünberg sent from the Dachau concentration camp to his wife, Irma Grünberg, dated February-April 1939 is also included in the papers.

System of Arrangement

The Gruenberg family papers are arranged in a single series.

People

  • Grünberg, Siegfried, 1899-
  • Hein, Karl, 1900-
  • Grünberg, Kitty, 1938-
  • Grünberg, Erich, 1935-
  • Grünberg, Irma, 1906-
  • Katz, Juda Lieb, 1876-?
  • Margulies, Chaja Zilsel, 1878-?

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Marriage.
  • Families.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany.
  • Vienna (Austria)--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Austria.
  • World War, 1939-1945.
  • Jewish children.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.