Leo Banemann collection

Identifier
irn699972
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.387.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn699972

Extent and Medium

folder

book enclosure

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1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Carol Kashan

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Carol Kashan, granddaughter of Leo Banemann.

Scope and Content

Contains an autograph book (Poesie) that belonged to Martha Lieberman; correspondence from 1938 regarding efforts by Martin Kohn of Baltimore to assist the family of Leo Banemann from Burgkundstadt, Germany, in their imigration to the United States; a postcard written by Leo Banemann from jail, dated Novermber 30, 1938; exhibition pamphlet and display; a passenger list booklet from the SS Manhattan dated May 1937; a passenger list booklet from the Orinoco dated 28 March 1939 regarding a voyage from Hamburg with stops in Havana, Veracruz, and Tampico; and photographs, including images from aboard the Orinoco.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Carol Kashan

Corporate Bodies

  • Manhattan (Ship)
  • Orinoco (Ship)

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.