Edith Schmerler and Ernest Hubler collection
Extent and Medium
folder
book enclosures
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Diane Komito and Madeline Saltzman
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Diane Komito and Madeleine Saltzman, the children of Edith and Ernest Hubler.
Scope and Content
Collection of copy prints, passport, certificates, documents, identity documents documenting the experiences of Edith Schmerler and Ernest Hubler (donors’ parents) before, during, and after the Holocaust. Also includes pre-war photo album documenting family and friends, and a scrapbook compiled on the occasion of Ernest Hubler’s Bar Mitzvah in 1933 that contains loose and adhered calling cards, postcards, letters and telegrams. Both Edith and Ernest were originally from Vienna. Edith left via Belgium, arriving in the US with her younger brother Herbert in May 1939. Ernest immigrated to the United States in January 1939.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Madeleine Saltzman
Subjects
- Vienna (Austria)--Emigration and immigration.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Scrapbook.
- Photo albums.
- Letters.
- Identification documents.
- Document