Erna Weyl and Walter Rothschild collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Lawrence Rothschild.
Scope and Content
Documents, photographs, pamphlets, books, clippings, artifacts concerning the experiences of Walter Rothschild and Erna Weyl Rothschild.Collection includes: photo albums; loose prewar, wartime and postwar photographs; correspondence (some with translation); personal documents including: citizenship papers, Army documents, birth, marriage, and death records; Passports and identification cards; film roll in metal canister from Frankfurt; US Sarmy file including: maps, photos, official documents, clippings, US Army prayer book, Camp Ritchie menu, telephone directory and ID cards; wallet of documents; small booklets: Stammbuch, notebook of birthdays, date books, ledger book; documents from Holland America; wooden box to store correspondence.
Genre
- Collection