Thomas Rehfisch collection

Identifier: irn594552
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn594552

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Pamela Rey, daughter of Thomas Rehfisch.

Scope and Content

Letters sent to donor's father Thomas Rehfisch (later Rey) from family in Germany and friends. Thomas Rehfisch immigrated to the UK from Germany in 1934. Also included in the collection are a slide rule and a first aid booklet sent to him from his mother in Germany (the slide rule was secondhand), and educational certificates.

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Slide rule with leather case
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn594842
- English
- a: Height: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) b: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Slide rule with leather case, sent to donor's father Thomas Rehfisch (later Rey) by Thomas Rehfisch's mother in Germany. The slide rule was bought secondhand. Thomas Rehfisch immigrated to the UK from Germany in 1934.
Thomas Rey papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn594843
- English
- folders 9
- Updated 8 months ago
The Thomas Rey papers primarily consist of letters he received in England from family members in Germany. Correspondents include his parents Lilli and Hans Rehfisch, his grandmothers Hedwig Rehfisch and Agnes Stadthagen, his aunts Käthe Wassertrudinger, Toni Salomon, and Hilde Stadthagen, and his friends Rolf Einzinger, Selma Wohl, and Gabi Sachs. Most of the correspondence is addressed from Berlin, but some of Lilli’s letters were sent from Neubabelsberg (Potsdam), some of Käthe’s letters were sent from Palestine, and some of Thomas’ friends wrote from elsewhere in Germany, Switzerland, an...

Thomas Rehfisch collection

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Slide rule with leather case

Thomas Rey papers