Leo Mayers papers
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leo Mayers. Members of the Majerowicz family who perished in the Holocaust.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Leo Mayers donated the Leo Mayers papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.
Scope and Content
Consists of documents and photographs concerning Leo Mayerowicz (Mayers), including a work permit for the Łódź ghetto; and a postwar identification card from germany identifiying Mayerowicz as employee of the Darmstadt city government in the office of advisor for political, racial, and religiously persecuted people. One of the photographs, of a young boy outdoors, was carried by Mr. Mayers throughout his time in concentration camps.
System of Arrangement
The Leo Mayers papers are arranged in a single series.
People
- Majerowicz, Sara Lea.
- Mayers, Leo.
Subjects
- Holocaust victims.
- Jewish children.
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Darmstadt (Germany)
- Germany.
- Poland.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Families.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Certificates.
- Document
- Identification cards.