Hess family collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kenneth Guggenheim
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Kenneth Guggenheim, grandson of Oscar Hess.
Scope and Content
Collection of correspondence between Carl Laemmle, the founder of Universal Studios, and Oscar Hess (donor’s maternal grandfather), dated 1938, in English. Carl Laemmle helped save many German Jews by providing them with the necessary affidavit of support. Oscar Hess and his wife, Irene, were in Switzerland when they contacted Laemmle for assistance.
Subjects
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document
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