Buxbaum family papers
Extent and Medium
folder
9
Creator(s)
- Inge Rosenbaum
Biographical History
Inge Buxbaum (later Inge Rosenbaum) was born on 24 November 1932 in Essen, Germany to Max and Anna Buxbaum. Her father, Max (1896-1966), was born on 23 March 1896 in Allendorf, Germany to Heinemann and Jettchen (née Stern) Buxbaum. Her mother, Anna (née Lazarus), was born on 27 February 1903 in Essen. Anna’s mother, Rosa Lazarus (née Cahn, 1876-1961), and her family owned a haberdashery called Hermann & Froitzheim in Essen. Max and Anna married in Essen in 1932. On the night of Kristallnacht, Max was arrested and only released after he promised to leave Germany. The family, plus Anna’s mother Rosa, crossed the border into Geleen, Netherlands to begin preparations for emigration. From there they travelled to England and then arrived in the United States onboard the SS Manahttan on 27 April 1939. Inge later married Kurt Rosenbaum.
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 pre-war lives of Max and Anna Buxbaum and their daughter Inge (later Inge Rosenbaum) in Essen, Germany, and their immigration to the United States in 1939 on board the SS Manhattan. Included are biographical materials such as birth certificates, vaccination certificates, passports, marriage certificates, naturalization certificates, and Max’s German Army book (Militärpak). Also included are a postcard and list of passengers from the SS Manhattan. Photographs include engagement and wedding photographs of Max and Anna, Anna’s mother Rosa Lazarus, Inge, and a photograph depicting Rosa, Anna, Inge, and Inge’s great-grandmother Regina Cahn.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mrs. Inge Rosenbaum
People
- Rosenbaum, Inge.
- Lazarus, Rosa, 1876-1961.
- Buxbaum, Anna, 1903-1986.
- Buxbaum, Max, 1896-1966.
Subjects
- Essen (Germany)
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- World War, 1914-1918, Participation, Jewish.
- Jews--Germany--Essen.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document