Fred Vendig family collection

Identifier: irn604645
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Fred Vendig and in 2013 by Stephanie Vendig, wife of Fred Vendig.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of wartime drawings, a pocket calendar, correspondence, papers, photographs, and printed materials relating to the experiences of Ernst and Charlotte Vendig, their sons Fritz (Fred) and Heiner (Henry) and their family before and during the Holocaust in Germany, during their unsuccessful 1939 voyage on the M.S. St. Louis, their internment in French detention camps and escape to Switzerland, and their emigration to the United States after the war.

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Fred Vendig papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502168
- English
- 1859-2002
- boxes oversize boxes oversize folder 2 2 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The Fred Vendig papers includes biographical materials, a pocket calendar, correspondence, immigration papers, personal narratives, photographs, and printed materials documenting the Vendig family’s expropriation by the Nazi government, 1939 voyage aboard the M.S. St. Louis, refuge in Belgium, internment in French concentration camps, refuge in Switzerland, and immigration to the United States. Biographical materials include birth, marriage, and death certificates; identification papers; and student, citizenship, refugee, and camp papers. The records trace the Vendig family’s precarious cit...
Homeless on the High Seas Book written by the Captain of the MS St. Louis and owned by a passenger and German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515358
- English
- 1949
- overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Memoir covering the 1939 voyage of the MS St. Louis, written and signed by the captain of the ship, Gustav Schroeder, and owned by Fritz Vendig who was a passenger on the ship with his family. Fritz grew up in Germany with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, his younger brother, Heiner, and his paternal grandmother, Pauline. In the mid-1930s, Ernst’s business was taken from him when it was aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, the family prepared to leave, and on May 13, 1939, they set sail for Cuba on the St. Louis with ...
Portrait of a pipe smoking man interned at Gurs drawn by another inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526433
- English
- overall: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pencil portrait of his father Ernst with pipe and beret owned by Fred Vendig. It was done by an unknown inmate when Ernst was imprisoned at Gurs internment camp in France in 1940. A few years after the Nazi dictatorship took power in Germany in 1933, Ernst's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. On May 13, 1939, Ernst, wife Charlotte, and sons Fritz, 7, and Heiner, 2, and his mother Pauline sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban authorities refused entry to nearly all passengers. Appeals were ma...
German Jewish refugee child's still life of an apple, ashtray, and a smoking pipe
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526436
- English
- overall: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Colored pencil still life drawn by 12 year old Fritz Vendig when he was living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Fritz's father's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, the family prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, Fritz, 7, his parents Ernst and Charlotte, his brother Heiner, 2, and his paternal grandmother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban authorities refused...
Child's drawing of trees along the lake done by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526437
- English
- overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Colored pencil drawing of the lake by 13 year old Fritz Vendig when he was living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Fritz's father's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, the family prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, Fritz, 7, his parents Ernst and Charlotte, his brother Heiner, 2, and his paternal grandmother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban authorities refu...
We are the young Swiss Child's sketch of 2 boys parading with a Swiss flag by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526438
- English
- overall: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Sketch of two boys marching with a flag drawn by 13 year old Fritz Vendig when he was living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Fritz's father's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, the family prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, Fritz, 7, his parents Ernst and Charlotte, his brother Heiner, 2, and his paternal grandmother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban autho...
Child's watercolor of a house near a lake in the Alps by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526439
- English
- overall: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Colored pencil drawing of a lakeside house drawn by 12 year old Fritz Vendig when he was living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Fritz's father's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, the family prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, Fritz, 7, his parents Ernst and Charlotte, his brother Heiner, 2, and his paternal grandmother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban au...
Child's drawing of 2 houses near the mountains by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526440
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Colored pencil drawing of two cottages in the mountains drawn by 12 year old Fritz Vendig when he was living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Fritz's father's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, the family prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, Fritz, 7, his parents Ernst and Charlotte, his brother Heiner, 2, and his paternal grandmother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Lo...
Were Found Alive Child's sketch of a man listening to a radio drawn by a young German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526441
- English
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Sketch of a man listening to a radio, perhaps in a barrack, drawn Fritz Vendig, 12, when he was living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Fritz's father's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, the family prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, Fritz, 7, his parents Ernst and Charlotte, his brother Heiner, 2, and his paternal grandmother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. C...
I Search for my Happiness in the Forest and on the Moor! Child's drawing of a faraway house by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526442
- English
- overall: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Colored pencil drawing of an imaginary landscape done by Fritz Vendig, 12, when he was living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Ernst's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, they prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, the family, along with Ernst's mother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban authorities refused entry to nearly all passengers. Appeals were made to the...
We are Coming Child’s pencil sketch of 2 boys in beds listening to the radio by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526448
- English
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Sketch of two boys, possibly Fritz and his brother Heiner, listening to radio reports by Fritz Vendig, 12, when he was living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Ernst's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, they prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, the family, along with Ernst's mother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban authorities refused entry to nearly all pass...
Child’s drawing of train tracks approaching a tunnel by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526449
- English
- overall: Height: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Colored pencil drawing of a train going into a tunnel by Fritz Vendig, 12, when he was living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Ernst's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, they prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, the family, along with Ernst's mother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban authorities refused entry to nearly all passengers. Appeals were made to the...
Child's drawing of a large ocean liner by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526450
- English
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing of a ship entering port done by Fritz Vendig, 12, while living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, younger brother Heiner, and paternal grandmother Pauline. In the mid-1930s, Fritz's father's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, the family prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, Fritz, 7, his parents Ernst and Charlotte, his brother Heiner, 2, and his paternal grandmother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cub...
Child's watercolor of a house near a road leading to the Alps by a young Jewish boy
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526452
- English
- overall: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing of hillside cottages by Fritz Vendig, 12, when he was living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Ernst's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, they prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, the family, along with Ernst's mother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban authorities refused entry to nearly all passengers. Appeals were made to the Cuban and US governments...
Child's two sided drawing of a house and 4 watercolor studies by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526453
- English
- overall: Height: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Douber sided watercolor with a house on side and 4 small drawings on the other, done by Fritz Vendig, 12, when he was living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Ernst's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, they prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, the family, along with Ernst's mother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban authorities refused entry to nearly all passe...
War Rushes Through the Land Child's depiction of an imagined aerial battle drawn by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526454
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Sketch of an imaginary aerial battle done by Fritz Vendig, 12, when he was living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Ernst's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, they prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, the family, along with Ernst's mother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban authorities refused entry to nearly all passengers. Appeals were made to the Cuban and U...
Child's collage of a man's face over New York City by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526455
- English
- overall: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Collage of his arrival in America created by Fritz Vendig, 13, after leaving Switerland for America with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Ernst's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, they prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, the family, along with Ernst's mother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban authorities refused entry to nearly all passengers. Appeals were made to the Cuban and US governments, but the ship had to ...
Black leather photo wallet used by a young German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526642
- English
- overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Small wallet with three photo windows used by Fritz Vendig or a family member after leaving Nazi Germany in 1939. In the mid-1930s, Fritz's father's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, the family prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, Fritz, 7, his parents Ernst and Charlotte, his brother Heiner, 2, and his paternal grandmother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban authorities refused entry to nearly all passengers. Appeals were made to the Cuban and US governments, b...
Faux alligator photo wallet used by a young German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526644
- English
- overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Small imitation alligator wallet with 9 photo inserts used by Fritz Vendig or a family member after leaving Nazi Germany in 1939. It carried photographs now part of 2013.486.1. In the mid-1930s, Fritz's father's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, the family prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, Fritz, 7, his parents Ernst and Charlotte, his brother Heiner, 2, and his paternal grandmother Paulina, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban authorities refused entry to nearly all p...