Wanderer and Biheller families collection
Extent and Medium
folders
oversize box
3
1
Creator(s)
- Ruth Biheller
Biographical History
Ruth Wanderer Biheller and other members of her family survived the Holocaust in hiding in Brzezany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). After liberation by the Russian Army in the summer of 1944, the family made an unsuccessful attempt to immigrate to Palestine. The family entered Aschau displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany, ca. September. 1945 and finally immigrated to the United States in June 1951.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, gift of Rachel Biheller Bunin
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021 by Rachel Biheller Bunin, daughter of Ruth and Joseph Biheller.
Scope and Content
Consists of Wanderer family photographs, copies of the Biheller family tree, and restitution-related papers that primarily relate to the donor's mother, Ruth Wanderer Biheller (1935-2020) with some documentation capturing the Wanderer family's experience in the Aschau displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany after they survived the Holocaust in hiding in Brzeżany, Poland (currently Berez︠h︡any, Ukraine). They immigrated to the United States in 1951. Identification documents, such as an Israeli passport and Palestinian identity card, for Ruth's husband, Hans Josef Biheller (Joseph Biheller, 1927-1993) and his father, Erich Biheller, respectively, are also included.
People
- Wanderer family.
- Biheller, Ruth (Ruth Wanderer)
Subjects
- Munich (Germany)
Genre
- Restitution paperwork.
- Identification documents.
- Photographs.
- Document