Bachrach and Steinhardt families collection

Identifier
irn77145
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.171.1
Dates
1 Jan 1907 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Spanish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Enny Bachrach Steinhardt was born in 1907 in Vacha, Germany. Siegfried Steinhardt was born in 1902 in Vienna, Austria. Each immigrated to Bolivia where they met and were married. Their daughter Evelyn was born in La Paz in 1943.Enny's father, Louis Bachrach, was a World War I veteran.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elizabeth McCoomb

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Elizabeth McCoomb

Scope and Content

Photographs and biographical materials documenting the experiences of Enny Bachrach and her husband Siegfried Steinhardt. Photographs include WWI images of Louis Bachrach, Enny’s father, in his battalion and in a field hospital, and later undated images of various family members. Biographical materials include birth certificates for Siegfried Steinhardt, Enny Bachrach, Evelina Steinhardt, and two immigration documents issued to Enny Bachrach from civil authorities in Eisenach, Germany and the Bolivian consulate in Hamburg. Also included is a Jewish wedding certificate (ketubah) for Enny and Siegfried’s ketubah, issued in Bolivia, and an empty cover for a German passport.

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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.