Bert and Else Coles narrative
Extent and Medium
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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
- Personal narratives.
- Document