Dingfelder family papers
Extent and Medium
folders
oversize folder
oversize box
4
1
1
Creator(s)
- Dingfelder family
- Neu family
Biographical History
Sigbert Dingfelder (1891-1978) was born Neustadt an der Aisch in Bavaria, Germany to Emma (née Gunderheimer, b. 1865) and August Dingfelder (b. 1862). He had one brother, Herman (1897-1977), and two sisters, Hermine (b. 1895) and Rosa. Sigbert was in the German Army during World War I, and later became a textile engineer. He married Elizabeth Neu, and they lived in Nürnberg, Germany where they had one son, Justin (b. 1936). Sigbert was briefly imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp in 1938, and in 1939 he, Elizabeth, and Justin immigrated to the United States, settling in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His brother, Herman, and his sister, Rosa, also immigrated to the United States. His mother, Emma, his father, August, and his sister, Hermine were all interned at Theresienstadt concentration camp. August died in the camp, but everyone else survived and immigrated to the United States. Elizabeth Dingfelder (née Neu, b. 1905) was born in Fürth, Germany to Florentine (née Nathan, b. 1875) and Siegfried Neu (1864-1959). Her parents were both living in Nürnberg when they were sent to Theresienstadt around 1941. Her mother was killed in an unidentified concentration camp, but her father survived and immigrated to the United States.
Elizabeth Dingfelder (née Neu, b. 1905) was born in Fürth, Germany to Florentine (née Nathan, b. 1875) and Siegfried Neu (1864-1959). She married Sigbert Dingfelder, and they lived in Nürnberg, Germany where they had one son, Justin (b. 1936). Sigbert was briefly imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp in 1938, and in 1939 he, Elizabeth, and Justin immigrated to the United States, settling in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her parents were both living in Nürnberg when they were sent to Theresienstadt around 1941. Her mother was killed in an unidentified concentration camp, but her father survived and immigrated to the United States.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Justin Dingfelder
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Justin Dingfelder
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Justin Dingfelder
The Dingfelder family papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Justin Dingfelder in 1993 with two accretions in 2015. Justin Dingfelder is the son of Sigbert and Elizabeth Dingfelder.
Scope and Content
The Dingfelder family papers contain identification papers, photographs, clippings, and a prayer book relating to the experiences of the family in pre-war Germany and in Theresienstadt concentration camp. Included are birth, bris, and marriage certificates; clippings of articles about their experiences in Nazi Germany and their new lives in the United States; and Siegfried Neu’s prayer book which he used while interned at Theresienstadt. The photographs include loose photographs of Sigbert and Elizabeth Dingfelder; the ship which carried the Sigbert, Elizabeth, and their son Justin to the United States in 1939; and a street scene of an unidentified town in Nazi Germany. The photograph albums contain two albums of Sigbert Dingfelder’s World War I photographs, and two albums of pre-war photographs of family and friends in various cities in Germany.
System of Arrangement
The Dingfelder family papers are arranged alphabetically as one series. The photograph albums are arranged chronologically.
People
- Dingfelder, Sigbert.
- Dingfelder family
- Dingfelder, Elizabeth.
- Neu family
- Neu, Siegfried.
- Neu, Florentine.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Emigration & immigration--United States.
- Nuremberg (Germany)
- Jews--Germany.
- Fürth (Bavaria, Germany)
- Legal documents.
- Jews--Cultural assimilation.
- Jewish soldiers--Germany--20th century.
Genre
- Prayer-books.
- Photographs.
- Document
- Photograph albums.