Hennie and Max Sauer papers

Identifier
irn608094
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.227.1
  • 2017.549
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Julian Sauer

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Julian Sauer.

Scope and Content

Documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Hennie Hakesberg (donor's mother) who was born in Brakel-Erkeln, Germany in 1913 and fled to the United Kingdom in 1939. Included is correspondence from Hedwig Hakesberg (Hennie's mother) in Brakel and Kurt Hakesberg (Hennie's brother) in Cologne to Hennie. Hedwig was deported to Riga, Latvia in December 1941 and Kurth to Łódź Poland, where they both died. Also included is correspondence addressed to Hermann Hakesberg (Hennie's brother) in Germany and South Africa, as well as documents, a drivers license, a passport, and identity cards for Julius and Ida [Julchen] Sauer and their son Max who fled Kassel, Germany for Cape Town, South Africa, where Max arrived in 1937 alone, and then sponsored his parents who arrived in 1939. Hennie and Max met in South Africa where Hennie immigrated in 1949.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Julian Sauer

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