Arthur Jacobs collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562944
• English
• oversize folders 2
• Updated 7 months ago

Collection consists of a photograph of German-American and Japanese-American internees at Ellis Island in 1943 and an aerial photograph of the Crystal City Internment Camp in Crystal City, Texas in 1944-45,

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562945
• English
• 2014
• overall: Height: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm) | Width: 15.125 inches (38.418 cm) folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

A watercolor artistic interpretation of the experience of Arthur Jacobs as he was transported by the United States Army from Bremen to Ludwigsburg, Germany in January 1946. Arthur was born in New York to German parents. In November 1944, his father, Lambert Dietrich, was arrested on unsubstantiated information and interned at the Ellis Island Immigration Station as an enemy alien. In February 1945, Arthur, his brother, and his mother voluntarily joined Lambert at Ellis Island. At the end of April, the family was transferred to the Crystal City Texas Family Internment Camp. Facing deportatio...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn592686
• English
• overall: Height: 12.375 inches (31.433 cm) | Width: 12.875 inches (32.703 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

A collection of objects commemorating the February 1946 stay of Arthur Jacobs at Camp 76, a detention center for German repatriates used by the United States Army at Hohenasperg in Asperg, Germany. Arthur was born in New York to German parents. In November 1944, his father, Lambert Dietrich, was arrested on unsubstantiated information and interned at the Ellis Island Immigration Station as an enemy alien. In February 1945, Arthur, his brother, and his mother voluntarily joined Lambert at Ellis Island. At the end of April, the family was transferred to the Crystal City Texas Family Internmen...