Werthammer and Neubeck families collection

Identifier
irn548150
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.449.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

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Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Reginald Joseph Newbeck, In memory of his parents Heinz Max and Jetty Newbeck

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Reginald Newbeck, son of Heinz Max and Jetty Newbeck.

Scope and Content

Collection of documents, correspondence, and photographs related to the Neubeck family in Dortmund, Germany, and the Werthamer family, originally from Kolomea, Poland. Heinz Neubeck (donor’s father, b. 1912) was arrested on Kristallnacht alongside 600 other Dortmund Jews; he was released on November 24, 1938 after a large “contribution” was paid for his return home. Heinz and Jetty Werthamer Neubeck (donor’s mother, b. 1912) left Germany on December 31, 1938 for Italy. A month later, on January 29, 1939 they sailed from Trieste on board S/S Conte Verde to Shanghai. They may have received financial help from HIAS (HICEM) for the purchase of the tickets. They settled in the French concession part of Shanghai. Their son, Reginald Joseph, was born on May 25, 1942. The family immigrated to the US on May 16, 1947. They settled in Seattle, WA, where Reginald after graduating from college had a long career at Boeing Co.

Subjects

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