Susi Traumann Lewinsky collection

Identifier
irn594846
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.39.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Spanish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn594846

Extent and Medium

folders

3

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jennifer Lane, Eric, Lisa and Robin Meyerowitz

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Jennifer Lane, Eric, Lisa and Robin Meyerowitz, grandchildren of Susi Traumann Lewinsky.

Scope and Content

Documents, photographs, news articles, programs related to the wartime experiences of Susi Traumann Lewinsky and her husband, Jorge. Includes a program for an event at the Jewish Girls School in Hamburg, dated 15-16 February 1938, illustrated by Susi Traumann, circa 1930s. Susi fled in 1939 to the United Kingdom. Includes a review of the manuscript "Das Abenteuer im Walde," dated 6 January 1930; photographs of Susi and her husband, Jorge Lewinsky, in San Salvador, El Salvador, where they immigrated to from the United Kingdom; annual meeting notes from the Jewish Community of San Salvador in which Jorge was involved; and newspaper articles dated 1960s.

Subjects

  • El Salvador.

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.

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