Anne Clark Schames collection

Identifier: irn559265
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn559265

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Kate Hankins, daughter of Anne Clark Schames.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of documents, photographs, correspondence and a prayer book relating to the experiences of Anne Clark Schames, her parents Max and Kaethe, and her brother Henry before World War II in Stuttgart, Germany, during the war in Germany and Netherlands, and after the war when they immigrated to the United States in the early 1940s.

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Schames family Papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn552729
- English
- 1871-1984
- box oversize folders 1 2
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of the Schames family (later James family) of Stuttgart, Germany including the pre-war lives of Max and Käthe Schames and their children Annemarie and Heiner in Stuttgart, their flight from Germany to Amsterdam, and their immigration to the United States via Cuba. Included is biographical material, immigration documents, correspondence, and photographs. Biographical material includes family books, identification papers, a German passport, marriage papers, memorial books, and documents relating to Max Schames’s military career during Wor...
Schames family in Germany before the Holocaust
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn555484
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Children run down a road, followed by adults, between residential buildings. A woman pushes a pram. More shots of the entire group. Pan of a small town from above - rooftops, trees, valleys. Synagogue doorway with Hebrew writing. People leaving through the doorway. EXT pan of synagogue. A large group of men and women in hats walk down stairs as they exit. Civilian scenes in town. A couple walks towards the camera with backdrop of mountains. Jewish cemetery. CU on various headstones. Rooftops of the town from above. A couple walks towards the camera with their child. Children play and dance ...
Prayer book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn559266
- English
- Updated 1 year ago

Anne Clark Schames collection

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Schames family Papers

Schames family in Germany before the Holocaust

Prayer book