Bettelheim family collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Naomi B. Peña
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Naomi B. Peña, daughter of Bruno Bettelheim.
Scope and Content
Contains a passport issued by the German Reich "Reisepass" to Dr. Bruno Bettelheim stamped with a red letter "J" to mark the bearer as a Jew, issued in Vienna on January 26, 1939 and stamped with the US immigration visa, dated April 18, 1939; a driver's license issued to Bruno Bettelheim in Vienna in August 1932; birth certificates of Anton Bettelheim, Bruno Bettelheim and Pauline Seidler; Heimatschein [certificate of citizenship] issued to Anton Bettleheim; University Diploma issued to Bruno Bettelheim bestowing the title of Doctor of Philosophy, in Latin, dated February 2, 1933; a US naturalization certificate issued to Paula Bettelheim on January 22, 1945; and copies of letters written by Dr. Bruno Bettelheim during his imprisonment in the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps between May and September 1938; and a receipt for the payment to the Central Jewish Cemetery (Friedhof) for the burial of Anton Bettelheim.
People
- Bettelheim, Bruno.
Subjects
- Vienna (Austria).
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document
- Identification cards.
- Passports.