Alfred Linhard family collection

Identifier: irn561392
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn561392

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Steven Linhard and Marion Linhard, the son and wife of Alfred Linhard.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a cup and saucer, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experience of Alfred Linhard and his family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Anschluss, and in England and the United States before, during, and after World War II.

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Linhard family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561391
- English
- 1846-1993
- folders oversize box 10 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection contains documents, original and copied, as well as photographs, correspondence, and a manuscript memoir documenting the experiences of the Linhard family of Vienna, Austria and their efforts to emigrate following the German takeover in 1938. Includes a manuscript memoir by Alfred Linhard; copied documents related to his parents, Regina and Bernhard Linhard, including birth, marriage and death certificates; and letters Bernhard wrote to American aid organizations appealing for their assistance in helping him and his family to emigrate. Also includes family photographs, a pray...
Cup and saucer from a café run by Jewish Austrian family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn562280
- English
- 1919-1938
- a: Height: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) b: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Diameter: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Coffee cup and saucer from café Dianabad brought with Alfred Linhard, his siblings, Edith, Peter, and Franzi, and their mother, Regina, when they left Vienna, Austria, for the United States in 1939. Café Dianabad was one of three cafes that Bernhard Linhard, Alfred’s father, co-owned with his father in law Anton Blum and brother in law, Arthur, in the center of Vienna. On March 13, 1938 Germany annexed Austria. New legislation was created that quickly restricted Jewish life. Alfred could no longer attend school, his father, Bernhard, was forced to give up his business. The family had to sel...

Alfred Linhard family collection

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Linhard family papers

Cup and saucer from a café run by Jewish Austrian family