Levine Collection

Identifier
irn548859
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.54
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn548859

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Scott Levine

Found by Scott Levine in a box purchased at a flea market, 1992, Manhattan, New York, New York. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Scott Levine.

Scope and Content

Contains prewar family photos for an unknown family, some dating as early as 1917; a postcard to Karl Oberndorf in New York, from "Erna," postmarked January 26, 1938; a postcard addressed to Isaak David in Heppenheim, Germany; a menu from a wedding party for Isaak Oberndorf of Heppenheim, dated August 12, 1889; a small book of amateur photogrpahy instructions bearing the handwritten bname Karl Oberndorf of Heppenheim; and a German "Kennkarte" for Kurt (Israel) Heimann, issued in Hamburg 15 December 1938.

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.