Dingfelder family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn504180
• English
• folders oversize folder oversize box 4 1 1
• Updated 7 months ago

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 U...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn722680
• English
• folder oversize folder 1 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Consists primarily of identification documentation, including the stamped Deutsches Reich reisepass and United States immigration identification card of Elisabeth Dingfelder, prior to her immigration to the United States aboard the Hamburg with her husband, Sigbert Dingfelder, and son Justin. Also included is her father Siegfried Neu's kennkarte and handwerkskarte.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn740431
• English
• overall: Height: 3.622 inches (9.2 cm) | Width: 3.228 inches (8.199 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Star of David badge printed with "Jude" worn by the donor's maternal grandfather, Siegfried Neu, after all Jews in the Reich six years of age or older were required to wear a badge which consisted of a yellow Star of David with a black-outline and the word “Jew” printed inside the star in German as of September 1, 1941. Siegfried and his wife Florentine were living in Nürnberg when they were sent to Theresienstadt around 1941. Florentine was killed in an unidentified concentration camp, but Siegfried survived and immigrated to the United States.