Ahronheim and Less family papers

Identifier
irn55158
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.153.1
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 2012
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Creator(s)

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Margaret McQuillan

Margaret McQuillan donated the collection related to her father, Walter Less, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of a typed copy of "The Legacy Project: A History of the Ahronheim/Less Family, Lüneburg, Germany" by Margaret McQuillan. The manuscript incorporates family history, archival documents, and photographs to describe the experiences of the Ahronheim and Less families, focusing on the experiences of Leopold Less, who was arrested and sent to Sachsenhausen after Kristallnacht, his wife Anna, and his son Walter. Walter emigrated to the United States in 1934; his parents joined him in 1941. Also includes a copy of the family tree and a bound set of copies of primary source documents related to Leopold Less, mainly related to property confiscation in Lüneburg.

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