Gelb and Heiser family collection

Identifier
irn625813
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 and 2016 by Dr. Marilyn Greenwald.

Scope and Content

Consists of identity papers, correspondence, photographs, genealogical material related to the pre-war lives, emigration, and families of Charlotte Kuhlfas (also Hochheiser, Heiser) and Martin Gelb. Charlotte emigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1937 and Martin in 1940; they married soon after his arrival. Includes letters he wrote to her in March 1940 as he was preparing to emigrate; family photographs, the machzor Martin purchased and inscribed after arriving in the United States; their identity cards and naturalization papers; family tree information for the Gelb and Heiser families; Charlotte's 1925 autograph (poesie) book; a copy of property ownership documents; and copies of passenger manifests. The collection also includes numerous examples of needlework, wood templates and a pattern book for making lace patterns, a cloth purse, a rattan box and brass candlesticks. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

Genre

  • Collection
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