Egon Feldmann collection
Extent and Medium
folders
7
22 negatives,
Creator(s)
- Egon Feldmann
Biographical History
Egon Feldmann was born on August 17, 1906 in Vienna to Rudolph and Sofie (née Fleischner) Feldmann. Egon was raised by his mother. Egon received a PhD in English and then began medical school. Following the Anschluss, Egon was dismissed from medical school and began to search for ways to leave the country. The father of his girlfriend, Else, agreed to obtain a forged papers for him on condition that he marry his daughter. Egon left for Switzerland in 1939 and completed his last year of medical school in Basel. Egon and Else married in Switzerland. The following year they immigrated to the United States. Sofie, who had managed to immigrate to England, joined them the following year, but she died within a few years from breast cancer. Else and Egon divorced in 1941 and soon after he joined the Coast Guard as a physician. Egon Feldmann married Harriet in 1954. He passed away on October 1, 1984.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Harriet Feldmann
Harriet Feldmann donated her late husband's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.
Scope and Content
Consists of photographs, correspondence, identity cards, and documents related to the Holocaust experiences of Egon Feldmann and his mother, Sofie. Includes passports; Egon Feldmann's school documents (including medical school); tax documents from Vienna; material related to his immigration to Basel, Switzerland with his first wife, Else in 1939; correspondence between Sofie and the German Jewish Aid Committee in London in 1939; and Egon's life in the United States.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mrs. Harriet Feldmann
People
- Egon Feldmann
- Feldmann, Sofie.
- Feldmann, Egon.
Corporate Bodies
- German Jewish Aid Committee
Subjects
- Basel (Switzerland)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Vienna.
- Jews--Austria--Vienna--History--20th century.
- Vienna (Austria)
- Austria--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- London (England)
Genre
- Document