Fred Lindheim family collection

Identifier: irn77669
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn77669

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Fred Lindheim.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, documents, memoirs, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Fred (Horst) Henry Lindheim, his parents, Berthold and Hertha, and his extended family in prewar Frankfurt, Germany, and during the Holocaust when Fred Lindheim was sent on a Kindertransport to Belgium until his parents were able to obtain visas for the family to emigrate to England and then the United States.

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Lindheim family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86156
- English
- 1923-2012
- folders 7
- Updated 1 year ago
The Lindheim family papers relate to the emigration experiences of the Lindheim family of Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1939 and their efforts to assist other family members to leave Nazi occupied Belgium. The papers include identification documents, affidavits of support, correspondence, memoirs, restitution paperwork, and family photographs. The Lindheim family correspondence consists of letters of recommendation and support for Berthold Lindheim as well as letters relating to travel arrangements. Restitution documents and related correspondence are also housed within this series. The bio...
Identification tag worn by a young boy on a Kindertransport
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86157
- English
- overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cardboard Red Cross tag with his name inscribed worn by Fred Lindheim in December 1938 when his parents sent him from Frankfurt, Germany, on a Kindertransport to Belgium. His parents were able to get visas to England and the family emigrated there in 1939. They then immigrated to the US in 1940.
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86158
- English
- 1938
- Updated 1 year ago
Picture book, Die Struwwel Liesse, taken along by Fred Lindheim in December 1938 when his parents sent him from Frankfurt, Germany, on a Kindertransport to Belgium. His parents were able to get visas to England and the family emigrated there in 1939. They then immigrated to the US in 1940.
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86159
- English
- 1936
- Updated 1 year ago
Picture book, So geht's schnell!, taken along by Fred Lindheim in December 1938 when his parents sent him from Frankfurt, Germany, on a Kindertransport to Belgium. His parents were able to get visas to England and the family emigrated there in 1939. They then immigrated to the US in 1940.
Bar-Mitzvah for boyhood, youth, and manhood [Book]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86161
- English
- 1938
- overall: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Book inscribed to Fred Lindheim on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah on June 16, 1945, from the Synagogue Committee at Ramath Orah, New York, NY. In December 1938, Fred was sent by his parents from Frankfurt, Germany, on a Kindertransport to Belgium. His parents were able to get visas to England and the family emigrated there in 1939. They then immigrated to the United States in 1940.

Fred Lindheim family collection

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Lindheim family papers

Identification tag worn by a young boy on a Kindertransport

Book

Book

Bar-Mitzvah for boyhood, youth, and manhood [Book]