Kurt (Rosenbaum) Goldsmith family collection

Identifier: irn601108
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn601108

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Kurt R. Goldsmith.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of three china plates, tefillin and pouch, a tallit pouch, a kippah, correspondence, documents, an oral testimony, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of the Kurt Rosenbaum (later Goldsmith) and his family in Schonungen, Germany, before and during the Holocaust.

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Displaying items 1 to 13 of 13

Rosenbaum family collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530426
- English
- 1941-1945
- folders 2
- Updated 7 months ago
Documents, correspondence, and photographs, including nametag #34 given to Kurt Rosenbaum by the American Friends Service Committee as he sailed from Lisbon on board Portuguese ship SS Mouzinho and arrived in New York on June 21, 1941 as part of the first transport of the US Committee for the Care of European Children. Kurt travelled to Portland, OR and was subsequently adopted by the Goldsmith family. In September 1945, he was drafted into the US Army and sent to Okinawa, Japan. Includes an honorable discharge certificate for the US Army, and copy of German birth certificate issued to Kurt.
China plate with floral border recovered by a German Jewish family postwar
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530427
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
One of three china plates (see 2015.365.3,4) hidden by neighbors of the Rosenbaum family in Schonungen, Germany, after the deportation of Siegfried Rosenbaum to Izbica in 1942.
China plate with floral border recovered by a German Jewish family postwar
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530430
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
One of three china plates (see 2015.365.2,4) hidden by neighbors of the Rosenbaum family in Schonungen, Germany, after the deportation of Siegfried Rosenbaum to Izbica in 1942.
China plate with floral border recovered by a German Jewish family postwar
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530431
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
One of three china plates (see 2015.365.2,3) hidden by neighbors of the Rosenbaum family in Schonungen, Germany, after the deportation of Siegfried Rosenbaum to Izbica in 1942.
Set of tefillin carried by a young German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530432
- English
- 1945
- a: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) b: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Tefillin pair taken by thirteen year old Kurt Rosenbaum when he was sent by his parents on Kindertransport to Belgium in March 1939. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Kurt eventually traveled to Portland, OR and was subsequently adopted by the Goldsmith family. In September 1945, he was drafted into the US Army and sent to Okinawa, Japan.
Monogrammed gray velvet tefillin bag carried by a young German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530435
- English
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Gray velvet tefillin pouch used by thirteen year old Kurt Rosenbaum to carry his tefillin when he was sent by his parents on a Kindertransport to Belgium in March 1939. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Kurt eventually traveled to Portland, OR and was subsequently adopted by the Goldsmith family. In September 1945, he was drafted into the US Army and sent to Okinawa, Japan.
Yarmulke carried by a Kindertransport refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530436
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Kippah taken by thirteen year old Kurt Rosenbaum when he was sent by his parents on Kindertransport to Belgium in March 1939.
Tallit carried by a Kindertransport refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530438
- English
- overall: Height: 38.000 inches (96.52 cm) | Width: 52.500 inches (133.35 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Tallit taken by thirteen year old Kurt Rosenbaum when he was sent by his parents on a Kindertransport to Belgium in March 1939.
Tallit bag carried by a Kindertransport refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530439
- English
- overall: Height: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Tallit bag taken by Kurt Rosenbaum as he was sent by his parents on a Kindertransport to Belgium in March 1939.
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530440
- English
- 1933
- Updated 7 months ago
Jewish prayer book, Hours of Worhsip, taken by thirteen year old Kurt Rosenbaum when he was sent by his parents on Kindertransport to Belgium in March 1939. Kurt eventually traveled to Portland, OR, and was adopted by the Goldsmith family. In September 1945, he was drafted into the US Army and sent to Okinawa, Japan.
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530441
- English
- 1884
- Updated 7 months ago
Jewish prayer book taken by thirteen year old Kurt Rosenbaum when he was sent by his parents on Kindertransport to Belgium in March 1939. Kurt eventually traveled to Portland, OR, and was adopted by the Goldsmith family. In September 1945, he was drafted into the US Army and sent to Okinawa, Japan.
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530442
- English
- 1933
- Updated 7 months ago
Jewish prayer book taken by thirteen year old Kurt Rosenbaum when he was sent by his parents on Kindertransport to Belgium in March 1939. Kurt eventually traveled to Portland, OR, and was adopted by the Goldsmith family. In September 1945, he was drafted into the US Army and sent to Okinawa, Japan.
Presentation by Kenneth Rosenbaum Goldsmith
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530443
- English
- 1994
- 2 videocassettes (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in. 1 DVD, 1 CD,
- Updated 7 months ago