Ernst Graf papers

Identifier
irn755006
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.127.2
  • 2017.127.1
  • 2019.591.1
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 2011
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Ernst Graf (1905-1966) was born in Berlin, Germany on November 12, 1905 to Joachim and Maria Graf. He married Dorothea Reichenthal (b. 1911) in 1933. In summer 1938 they immigrated to the United States via the Netherlands. He became an American citizen and trained at Camp Ritchie (later Fort Ritchie) in Maryland. He served overseas in the US Army in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany and interrogated enemy prisoners. In 1964 Ernst married Ruth Lipow (1915-2015), who immigrated to the United States from Berlin in 1939.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jane Cornell and Wendy Goldstein

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Jane Lipow Cornell and Wendy Lipow Goldstein

Jane Cornell and Wendy Goldstein donated the Ernst Graf papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 and 2019. The accessions numbered 2017.127.1 and 2019.591.1 have been incorporated into this collection.

Scope and Content

The collection documents the experiences of Ernst Graf, originally of Berlin, Germany, including his immigration to the United States in 1938, his training at Camp Ritchie, and service with the United States Army during World War II. Included are passports; birth, death, and marriage certificates, military records, and restitution paperwork.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as two files. 1 of 2. Documents, 1933-1966 2 of 2. Restitution, 1958-2011

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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.