Vamos family collection

Identifier: irn562935
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn562935

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection in 2017 by Maureen Vamos Lighthall.

Scope and Content

Documents, correspondence, photographs and artifacts illustrating prewar German Jewish life, flight to United Kingdom and immigration to USA of Ruth Haack Vamos, Arthur Vamos, their daughter Maureen and extended family. Also included are personal oral histories recorded by the family.

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Vamos family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn558955
- English
- 1907-2013
- boxes 2
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Arthur and Ruth Vamos, originally of Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), as they emigrated from Germany to Glasgow, Scotland in 1939 and to the United States in 1946. The collection includes biographical material such as identification papers, marriage certificates, and Arthur’s British Army papers; immigration documents; correspondence; restitution paperwork; photographs; and two publications. Correspondence includes letters written to Arthur and Ruth from his parents still in Breslau, a letter from Arthur to Ruth while he was s...
Leather pouch
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn562936
- English
- overall: Height: 4.921 inches (12.499 cm) | Width: 6.693 inches (17 cm) | Depth: 0.295 inches (0.749 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Oral history interview with Arthur Vamos and Ruth Haack Vamos
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563216
- English
- 1988
- 10 CDs,
- Updated 7 months ago
Oral history interview with Arthur Vamos
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597110
- English
- 1 DVD,
- Updated 7 months ago

Vamos family collection

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Vamos family papers

Leather pouch

Oral history interview with Arthur Vamos and Ruth Haack Vamos

Oral history interview with Arthur Vamos