Kessler family collection

Identifier: irn562697
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn562697

Acquisition

THe collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by John Otto Kessler.

Scope and Content

Collection of documents, photographs, artifacts and film illustrating the experiences of Alice and Jakob Kessler and their son, Hans Otto, who was born in Vienna, Austria and raised in Baden, Austria. Their experiences fleeing to the United Kingdom in 1939 and then immigrating to the United States in the early 1940s, as well as the experiences of the extended family is also documented in the collection.

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Displaying items 1 to 20 of 35

Kessler family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn564724
- English
- 1914-1998
- boxes oversize boxes book enclosures oversize folders 5 5 2 7
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection documents the pre-war, wartime, and post-war lives of Alice and Jakob Kessler and their son Hans (later John) of Austria, including the management of the Hotel-Pension Rauhenstein-Helenschlössl in Baden, their emigration from Austria in 1938 to England and their immigration to the United States in 1940. The collection also includes materials regarding Alice’s parents Else and Max Neuhut, Alice’s second husband Berthold Feld, and Hans’s future wife Eva Bondy. The collection consists of biographical material, immigration papers, correspondence, restitution paperwork, writings a...
Suitcase
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn564725
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Suitcase with detachable interior tray. Part of a ollection of documents, photographs, artifacts and film illustrating the experiences of Alice and Jakob Kessler and their son, Hans Otto, who was born in Vienna, Austria and raised in Baden, Austria. Their experiences fleeing to the United Kingdom in 1939 and then immigrating to the United States in the early 1940s, as well as the experiences of the extended family are also documented in the collection.
Red Cross medal
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn564729
- English
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Typewriter and case
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn564732
- English
- a: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 11.375 inches (28.893 cm) | Depth: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) b: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Depth: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Regent typewriter with case. Part of a collection of documents, photographs, artifacts and film illustrating the experiences of Alice and Jakob Kessler and their son, Hans Otto, who was born in Vienna, Austria and raised in Baden, Austria. Their experiences fleeing to the United Kingdom in 1939 and then immigrating to the United States in the early 1940s, as well as the experiences of the extended family are also documented in the collection.
KitchenAid Model G stand mixer with attachments
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn564734
- English
- a: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Depth: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) b: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) c: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Diameter: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) d: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) e: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) f: Diameter: 7.625 inches (19.368 cm) g: Diameter: 7.625 inches (19.368 cm) h: Diameter: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) i: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Diameter: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) j: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Diameter: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) k: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Diameter: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) l: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Diameter: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) m: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Diameter: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) n: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Diameter: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) o: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Diameter: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) p: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Diameter: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) q: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) r: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) s: Diameter: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) t: Diameter: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) u: Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) v: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Diameter: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) w: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Diameter: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) x: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Depth: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) y: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) z: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Kitchenaid Mixmaster with parts and attachments. Part of a collection of documents, photographs, artifacts and film illustrating the experiences of Alice and Jakob Kessler and their son, Hans Otto, who was born in Vienna, Austria and raised in Baden, Austria. Their experiences fleeing to the United Kingdom in 1939 and then immigrating to the United States in the early 1940s, as well as the experiences of the extended family are also documented in the collection.
Austro-Hungarian wound medal
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn596992
- English
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Karl Troop Cross medal
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn596993
- English
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Austro-Hungarian Field Regiment badge
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597282
- English
- overall: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.400 inches (3.556 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Austro-Hungarian medal for bravery
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597284
- English
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Bronze medal for swimming
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597285
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Sport-club swimming medal
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597287
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 1.280 inches (3.251 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Handball championship medal
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597290
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 1.969 inches (5.001 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
"W" Pin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597291
- English
- overall: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Bravery clip
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597435
- English
- Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
1921 Swimming medal
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597436
- English
- overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Austro-Hungarian Central Evidence Bureau badge
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597438
- English
- overall: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Ram's Head Pin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597439
- English
- overall: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 2.275 inches (5.779 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Star Shaped Applique
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn610443
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Fabric bar pin (Windsor Medal?)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn610446
- English
- overall: Height: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Fabric bar pin (Windsor Medal?)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn610447
- English
- overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago