Paul Mayer collection

Identifier: irn671764
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn671764

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Virginia Mayer, the widow of Paul Mayer.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of diaries, artwork, books, documents, clippings, and correspondence pertaining to the experiences of Paul Mayer and his family, formerly of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and later of the United States.

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Hymnal and prayer book dated 1886
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn676539
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
German hymnal and prayer book embossed with the name of Emma Ertz and the date 1886.
Paul Mayer papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn700261
- English
- 1938-1954
- box oversize folders 1 3
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection documents the Holocaust and post-war experiences of Paul Mayer, originally of Frankfurt am Main, including his forced labor in the Blankenburg am Harz concentration camp in 1945, his father Fritz Mayer’s deportation and death in Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1943, his immigration to the United States in 1947, and his studies at the University of Cincinnati. Included are biographical materials, immigration papers, correspondence, diaries, an illustrated personal narrative titled Vom Main zum Ohio, and one photograph. Biographical materials include clippings related to Paul while he wa...
Aus meinen großen Schmerzen mach' ich die kleinen Lieder [Book]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn700264
- English
- 1946
- Updated 1 year ago
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn700268
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Technical computing book by Hans R. Rode, published in Berlin in 1933 by the Verlagsgesellschaft des Deutschen Metallarbeitersverbandes.
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702360
- English
- overall: Height: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) | Width: 7.880 inches (20.015 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702362
- English
- overall: Height: 7.940 inches (20.168 cm) | Width: 5.440 inches (13.818 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702363
- English
- overall: Height: 5.810 inches (14.757 cm) | Width: 4.060 inches (10.312 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702364
- English
- overall: Height: 5.810 inches (14.757 cm) | Width: 4.060 inches (10.312 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702365
- English
- overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702366
- English
- overall: Height: 5.880 inches (14.935 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702367
- English
- overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 5.810 inches (14.757 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702368
- English
- overall: Height: 5.810 inches (14.757 cm) | Width: 4.060 inches (10.312 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702369
- English
- overall: Height: 2.630 inches (6.68 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702370
- English
- overall: Height: 5.880 inches (14.935 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702371
- English
- overall: Height: 5.810 inches (14.757 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702372
- English
- overall: Height: 4.130 inches (10.49 cm) | Width: 3.810 inches (9.677 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702373
- English
- overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 5.880 inches (14.935 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702374
- English
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 4.380 inches (11.125 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702375
- English
- overall: Height: 5.810 inches (14.757 cm) | Width: 4.060 inches (10.312 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer
Drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702376
- English
- overall: Height: 5.810 inches (14.757 cm) | Width: 4.060 inches (10.312 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing by Paul Mayer