Ernst Graf papers
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Creator(s)
- Ernst Graf
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
People
- Graf, Ernst, 1905-
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army
Subjects
- Fort Ritchie (Md.)
- Jews--Germany--Berlin.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Identification documents.
- Passports.
- Naturalization records.
- Document