Leopold and Herta Stoer family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn539430
• English
• boxes book enclosure oversize folders 5 1 5
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains documents, correspondence, memoirs, and miscellaneous material created and collected by Leopold Stoer. Includes correspondence exchanged with family in Europe prior to 1942. Leopold and Herta Stoer fled Nazi-occupied Vienna, Austria in the late 1930s.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn593629
• English
• 1885
• overall: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Festgebete der Israeliten, a Jewish prayer book, likely brought to the United States by Dr. Leopold (Leo) Stoer when he emigrated from Vienna, Austria, in September 1938. The book belonged to his mother, Karoline Stoer (née Kohn), or one of his other female relatives, who would need it in the US if successfully able to immigrate there. Leo lived in Vienna with his parents, Alfred and Karoline, and seven younger siblings: Juli, Grete, Hedi, Fritz, Erna, Trude, and Otto. In 1915, Alfred, a master decorator by trade, was selected to fight in World War I (1914-1918). Leo’s sister, Hedi, died fr...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn593630
• English
• overall: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Single damascene earring brought to the United States by Herta Schwarzbart Stoer when she emigrated from Vienna, Austria, in February 1939. The earring likely belonged to her mother, Pauline Schwarzbart (née Flesch). Herta lived in Vienna with her mother and father, Arthur Schwarzbart, and four siblings: Hilda, Fritz, Ella, and Hansi. Arthur died from tetanus in November 1914 during his military service in World War I. As a result, Pauline had to close the lingerie business they ran together before the war. Her daughter, Hilda began making and selling children’s clothing out of a storefront...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn593631
• English
• overall: Height: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Partial gold dental bridge with false tooth and crown likely brought to the United States by Herta Schwarzbart Stoer when she emigrated from Vienna, Austria, in February 1939. The bridge likely belonged to her mother, Pauline Schwarzbart (née Flesch). Herta lived in Vienna with her mother and father, Arthur Schwarzbart, and four siblings: Hilda, Fritz, Ella, and Hansi. Arthur died from tetanus in November 1914 during his military service in World War I. As a result, Pauline had to close the lingerie business they ran together before the war. Her daughter, Hilda began making and selling chil...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn593632
• English
• overall: Height: 17.875 inches (45.403 cm) | Width: 11.375 inches (28.893 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

This paper merchandise bag was made for use in the children’s clothing store that Hilda Schwarzbart ran with her mother, Pauline, in Vienna, Austria. The bag was brought to the United States by Hilda’s sister, Herta Schwarzbart Stoer, when she immigrated in February 1939. Hilda lived in Vienna with her parents, Pauline and Arthur Schwarzbart, and four siblings: Herta, Fritz, Ella, and Hansi. Arthur died from tetanus in November 1914 during his military service in World War I. As a result, Pauline had to close the lingerie business they ran together before the war, and send the younger child...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn593633
• English
• overall: Height: 17.125 inches (43.498 cm) | Width: 11.375 inches (28.893 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

This paper merchandise bag was made for use in the children’s clothing store that Hilda Schwarzbart ran with her mother, Pauline, in Vienna, Austria. The bag was brought to the United States by Hilda’s sister, Herta Schwarzbart Stoer, when she immigrated in February 1939. Hilda lived in Vienna with her parents, Pauline and Arthur Schwarzbart, and four siblings: Herta, Fritz, Ella, and Hansi. Arthur died from tetanus in November 1914 during his military service in World War I. As a result, Pauline had to close the lingerie business they ran together before the war, and send the younger child...