Anker family collection

Identifier
irn511890
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.89.1
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received these postcards from George Fogelson in June 2002.

Scope and Content

Consists of one postcard written by George Fogelson's grandparents, Georg and Gertrud Anker, to their children who were sent on a Kindertransport from Berlin (12 June 1939); and another postcard writen by George Fogelson's mother, Hilde Anker, and sister, Eva Anker, from Bremen to her parents, Georg and Gertrude Anker on their way to England on a Kindertransport. Also included is a packing list for Hilde Anker, Judische Privateschule document, a blank restitution form, a receipt for a donation for 100 Reichsmarks to Jewish Winterilfe, a Jewish newspaper dated December 5, 1941, a Jewish community newspaper addressed to Bertha Gottschalk, a document for the rules relating to incoming tax and Jewish property dated January 10, 1941, a receipt issued by a Jewish relief and care of youth organization, and three documents pertaining to Ursula and Paul Elgart.

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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.