Harry and Luba Marcus family collection

Identifier: irn611439
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 2018 by Deborah Marcus Masters, the daughter of Harry and Luba Marcus.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a wallet, documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Marcus family in Prenzlau, Germany, before and during the Holocaust, and in Cuba and the United States during and after the Holocaust.

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Marcus family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn622327
- English
- 1939-1942
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The Marcus family papers include correspondence, a family tree, and photographs relating to Erich and Thea Marcus and their children, Harry and Lilo, originally from Prenzlau, Germany. The family fled to Cuba before immigrating to the United States circa 1941. Correspondence largely includes personal correspondence to Erich from friends and family, including Susie and Lotte, as well as letters from organizations including the Congress Refugee House and New York Associate for Jewish Children. Also included is a family tree and photographs of Erich, Thea, and their family.
Leather bi-fold wallet with two photographs glued inside owned by a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn622328
- English
- 1940
- overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Leather wallet, with two photos adhered inside, used by Erich Marcus. The photos are of Erich’s parents, Emil and Margarethe. Both parents were unable to escape Germany during the Holocaust and chose to end their own lives in 1940, rather than allow the Nazis to deport them to the killing centers in the East. Erich’s family owned a successful houseware factory in Prenzlau, Germany. Erich lived with his wife Phyllis and two children, Heinrich and Lilo. Erich’s parents, his sister, and her two children lived in Prenzlau as well. After Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, the Marcus fami...

Harry and Luba Marcus family collection

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Marcus family papers

Leather bi-fold wallet with two photographs glued inside owned by a German Jewish refugee