Adler and Cohn families collection

Identifier: irn616840
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn616840

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Alan Cornell.

Scope and Content

Materials related to the Adler and Cohn (later Cornell) families including a photo, photo album, postcard album, album of Dutch documents, documents, poems, a handmade painted flower, a Dutch medal, cookbooks, a brochure and commemorative materials related to Bad Mergentheim, Germany, and papers related to honoring Jan Sprey as a Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem and by the government of The Netherlands. Also includes a letter to Bad Mergentheim regarding the Stolpersteine petition.

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Handmade painted flower
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn625507
- English
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Adler and Cohn families papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn625508
- English
- box oversize boxes book enclosures oversize folders 1 2 2 2
- Updated 8 months ago
Documents, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks related to the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Ernst and Frieda Cohn, who left Münster, Germany for Amsterdam in 1938, and were hidden in the Netherlands from 1942-1945. Includes correspondence regarding Ernst and Frieda’s efforts to have Jan Spreij honored as a “Righteous Among the Nations” by Yad Vashem. The biographical material consists of German passports and immigration documents of Aron and Louise Adler, identification papers of Ernst and Frieda Cohn, a baby announcement and poem regarding Alan Cohn’s birth, handwr...
Dutch commemorative medal
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn626416
- English
- 1995
- a: Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) b: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) c: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Dutch medal with box and certificate. The medal was issued in 1995 by De Nederlandse Munt.

Adler and Cohn families collection

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Handmade painted flower

Adler and Cohn families papers

Dutch commemorative medal