Sigmund Neuberger papers

Identifier
irn563239
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.435.1
Dates
1 Jan 1912 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

5

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Sigmund Neuberger (1890-1978) was born on 9 December 1890 in Hainstadt, Germany to Jacob (1850-1937) and Fredericka (née Freudenstein, 1848-1912) Neuberger. He had three brothers, Berthold (1883-1965), Gerson (1877-1960), and Josef (1880-1961); and three sisters, Emma (later Emma Fischl, 1875-1965), Johanna (later Johanna David, 1878-1926), and Fanny (later Fannie Rosenbaum, 1887-1968). Sigmund served in the German Army during World War I, and received the Iron Cross. His brothers Gerson and Berthold and his sister Emma immigrated prior to the outbreak of World War II, and helped sponsor Sigmund, who lived in Zurich. He arrived in the United States on the SS El Oriente via Cuba in November 1940. His sister Fannie married Moritz Rosenbaum (1885-1948). Moritz was a World War I veteran, and had a son, Kurt. Moritz was arrested during Kristallnacht, and imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp from 16 November-7 December 1938. He immigrated to the United States around 1941.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Inge Rosenbaum.

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Inge Rosenbaum in 2017.

Scope and Content

The collection documents the experiences of Sigmund Neuberger of Hainstadt, Germany as a soldier during World War I and his immigration to the United States from Zurich in 1940. Included are identification documents, a document stating that he was neither a communist nor a fascist in Zurich, immigration papers, German Army papers from World War I, German passports, and photographs. Also included are German military documents from his brother in law, Moritz Rosenbaum, also a World War I veteran.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

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This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.