Bert and Else Coles narrative

Identifier
irn59336
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.174.1
Dates
1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2010
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn59336

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Ron Coles

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ron Coles

Ron Coles donated the Bert and Else Coles narrative to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of a typed narrative, 2 pages, written by Ron Coles, the son of Bert and Else Coles, in 2010. In the narrative, Mr. Coles describes the early life of his parents in Germany, their marriage in 1932, their emigration to Panama in June 1938 and from there, to Cali, Colombia, where they spent the war. Mr. Coles also describes the family's 1946 emigration to the United States.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Ron Coles

People

  • Coles, Else.
  • Coles, Bert.

Subjects

  • Cali (Colombia)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Refugees--Germany.
  • Panama.
  • Germany.
  • Emigration and immigration--Colombia.
  • Emigration and immigration--Panama.

Genre

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.