Anker family collection

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Anker family collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn511890
- English
- 1939-1941
- folders 2
- Updated 7 months ago
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 comm...
Handkerchief carried by Hilde Anker on a Kindertransport
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn717165
- English
- overall: Height: 10.625 inches (26.988 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
The handkerchief was carried by Hilde Anker (later Fogelson) on a Kindertransport from Berlin, Germany, to England in June 1939. Hilde and her sister, Eva, were placed on the transport on June 12. On the way, the transport stopped in Bremen, and the sisters sent their parents, Georg and Gertrude Anker, a postcard.