Emanuel and Lisl Suessmann family photograph albums
Extent and Medium
oversize boxes
2
Creator(s)
- Emanuel Suessmann
Biographical History
Emanuel Suessmann (1910-1978) was born Emanuel Süssmann in Leipzig to Mechel (Max) and Scheindel (Charlotte) Süssmann. He was arrested and sent to Sachsenhausen after Kristallnacht and immigrated to the United States via England in 1940. He was drafted by the United States military, trained at Camp Ritchie, and served in World War II in the Military Intelligence Division in Germany. He married Louise (Lisl) Schwarzenberger (1907-2000), born in Maßbach to Bernhard and Meta Schwarzenberger, who had immigrated to the United States in 1939. The couple lived in St. Louis and had one son named Michael. Bernhard and Meta Schwarzenberger were deported from Nuremberg to Theresienstadt in 1942 and killed there in 1943. Scheindel Süssmann was deported from Leipzig to Theresienstadt in 1942 and killed there in 1944.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael B. Suessmann
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Michael Suessmann, son of Lisl and Emanuel Suessmann.
Scope and Content
Contains two photograph albums brought by Emanuel and Lisl when they immigrated separately to the United States in 1938 and 1940, respectively
People
- Emanuel Suessmann
Genre
- Photograph albums.
- Document