Juan Jorge and Inge Kalbermann Schäffer collection
Acquisition
THe collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Juan Jorge Schäffer. Additional material was donated in 2017 by Alejandro Schäffer.
Scope and Content
Documents, photographs and artifacts relating to the experiences of Juan Jorge Schäffer (b. Vienna) and Inge Kalbermann Schäffer (b. Mannheim), both of whom fled Nazi occupation and immgrated to Uruguay. The collection includes photographs of the extended Schäffer family, school documents, restitution papers as well as a clock brought to Uruguay by a German Jewish refugee and a pre-war Viennese dance card.
Genre
- Collection