Juan Jorge and Inge Kalbermann Schäffer collection

Identifier
irn552726
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

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

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.