Kormes family papers

Identifier
irn737153
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2021.185.1
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn737153

Extent and Medium

folders

oversize box

2

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tamara Kormes Morgenstern

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021 by Tamara Kormes Morgenstern, daughter of Karl and Martha Kormes.

Scope and Content

Comprised of materials such as immigration papers, family photographs, and correspondence documenting the donor's sister, Ava (b. 1940), and parents', Karl Kormes (b. 1918) and his first wife Martha (b.1922), experiences in prewar Germany, surviving the Patria bombing, their detainment in the Atlit (or Athlit) detainee camp, living in Tel Aviv, and their immigration to the US in 1946. Also included are Jewish Journal newspaper clippings.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Copyright Holder: Ms. Tamara Morgenstern

Corporate Bodies

  • Patria (Ship)

Subjects

  • Atlit (Israel)
  • Tel Aviv (Israel)

Genre

  • Document
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