Greta Braude Heiman photographs

Identifier
irn594881
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.246.2
  • 2003.246.1
  • 2005.420.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn594881

Extent and Medium

folders

9

Creator(s)

  • Greta B. Heiman

Biographical History

Greta Braude Heiman was born Margaret Meyer in Bonn in 1931 to World War I veteran and cattle dealer Harry (Sally) Meyer (1887-1960) and Erna Michel Meyer (1897-1993). The Meyer family lived in Hamm an der Sieg until Nazi persecutions led them to immigrate to Milwaukee via the Netherlands in September 1938. Harry’s siblings Emil Meyer and Clara Herz perished in the Holocaust along with their spouses and children as did his brother in law Theo Tobias and niece Ellen Tobias. His brothers Moritz and Fritz Meyer survived the Holocaust with their wives and children and their sister Hedwig Tobias. Erna’s siblings Helma Hertz and Joseph Michel immigrated to the United States in 1937 and 1938 following the death of their mother, Mathilde Michel, in 1937.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Greta Braude Heiman donated the Greta Braude Heiman photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 and 2005. The accession formerly cataloged as 2005.420.1 has been incorporated into this collection.

Scope and Content

The Greta Braude Heiman photographs consists of photographs and copy prints of Greta Braude Heiman and her Meyer and Michel relatives and friends in Hamm an der Sieg, Germany before the Holocaust and in Milwaukee following their immigration to the United States. Photographs depict Greta, her parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, and uncles, and Thea and Fritz David. Copy prints depict Ilse David, Jewish children in Hamm an der Sieg, landmarks in Hamm an der Sieg, and a death announcement for Henrietta Meyer.

System of Arrangement

The Greta Braude Heiman photographs are arranged as a single series.

Subjects

  • Jews--Germany.
  • Jews, German--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
  • Germany.
  • Holocaust survivors--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
  • Jewish families--Germany.

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.