Brand family papers
Extent and Medium
folders
oversize box
2
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Brand
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Ruth Brand donated the Brand family papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
Scope and Content
The Brand family papers consists of correspondence, documents, and pre-war photographs illustrating the Brand family of Frankfurt, Germany and the United States. Includes correspondence from Leo and Else Brand in Frankfurt to their older son Horst in the United States, and letters from their younger son Heinz. The documents illustrate the unsuccessful efforts to bring members of the Brand family and Thekla Strauss, Horst's grandmother, to the United States.
System of Arrangement
The Brand family papers is arranged in a single series.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Ruth Brand
People
- Brand, Else.
- Brand, Horst.
- Strauss, Thekla.
- Brand, Heinz.
- Brand, Leo.
Subjects
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany).
Genre
- Letters.
- Photographs.
- Correspondence.
- Document