Schwarz and Rosenwald families collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn555445
• English
• 1920-1960
• boxes oversize box 4 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The Schwarz and Rosenwald families papers consist of correspondence, immigration and identification documents, financial records, news clippings, photographs, printed materials, and other related materials, which primarily document the experiences of the family of Richard and Bertha (née Rosenwald) Schwarz, of Hannover, Germany, who fled that country in 1936 due to anti-Semitic persecution, and were able to do so with the assistance of the family of Julius Rosenwald, the co-founder of the Sears, Roebuck and Company, who were distant American relatives of theirs. The collection includes corr...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn558398
• English
• 1922
• overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Weimar Germany bank note for 50 marks that was saved by the family of Richard Schwarz and Bertha Rosenwald Schwarz. Richard and Bertha were first cousins once removed of Julius Rosenwald, a part-owners of Sears and Roebuck, who financed the immigration of numerous Jewish relatives from Nazi Germany to the United States.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn558399
• English
• 1922
• overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Framed print of a German poem that was saved by the family of Richard Schwarz and Bertha Rosenwald Schwarz. Richard and Bertha were first cousins once removed of Julius Rosenwald, a part-owners of Sears and Roebuck, who financed the immigration of numerous Jewish relatives from Nazi Germany to the United States.