Alfred Hirschfeld family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn42951
• English
• 1894-1970
• boxes oversize folder oversize box 5 4 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The Hirschfeld family papers document the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Alfred, Maria, and Hans Hirschfeld of Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland). The collection contains biographical materials, correspondence, immigration papers, financial records, restitution claims, and photographs. The papers document Hans Hirschfeld’s pre-war life in Breslau, his experiences immigrating to Cuba and the United States in 1939, and his service in the United States Army during World War II. They also document Alfred and Maria’s wartime experience in Breslau, their difficulties immigratin...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn78325
• English
• 1936-1945
• overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

SS cap badge with an eagle and oak wreath owned by Hans Hirschfeld, who left Germany at age twenty in 1939 for the US and later served in the US Army. From 1936 to 1945, this type of cap badge was worn by the SS-Ordnungspolizei, or order police, the regular uniformed police force in Germany, which included municipal and rural police, firemen, and the coast guard. When Hitler came to power in January 1933, Hans and his parents, Alfred and Maria, lived in Breslau, Germany, where Alfred was Director of the Chamber of Commerce. Maria was Protestant and Alfred was Jewish and Hans identified hims...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn78326
• English
• 1936-1945
• overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

SS cap badge with an eagle and oak wreath owned by Hans Hirschfeld, who left Germany at age twenty in 1939 for the US and later served in the US Army. From 1936 to 1945, this type of cap badge was worn by the SS-Ordnungspolizei, or order police, the regular uniformed police force in Germany, which included municipal and rural police, firemen, and the coast guard. When Hitler came to power in January 1933, Hans and his parents, Alfred and Maria, lived in Breslau, Germany, where Alfred was Director of the Chamber of Commerce. Maria was Protestant and Alfred was Jewish and Hans identified hims...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn78327
• English
• 1936-1945
• overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

SS cap badge with an eagle and oak wreath owned by Hans Hirschfeld, who left Germany at age twenty in 1939 for the US and later served in the US Army. From 1936 to 1945, this type of cap badge was worn by the SS-Ordnungspolizei, or order police, the regular uniformed police force in Germany, which included municipal and rural police, firemen, and the coast guard. When Hitler came to power in January 1933, Hans and his parents, Alfred and Maria, lived in Breslau, Germany, where Alfred was Director of the Chamber of Commerce. Maria was Protestant and Alfred was Jewish and Hans identified hims...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn78328
• English
• 1945
• overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

SS cap badge with an eagle and oak wreath owned by Hans Hirschfeld, who left Germany at age twenty in 1939 for the US and, from 1941-1945, served in the US Army. From 1936 to 1945, this type of cap badge was worn by the SS-Ordnungspolizei, or order police, the regular uniformed police force in Germany, which included municipal and rural police, firemen, and the coast guard. When Hitler came to power in January 1933, Hans and his parents, Alfred and Maria, lived in Breslau, Germany, where Alfred was Director of the Chamber of Commerce. Maria was Protestant and Alfred was Jewish and Hans iden...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn78329
• English
• 1936-1945
• overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

SS cap badge with an eagle and oak wreath owned by Hans Hirschfeld, who left Germany at age twenty in 1939 for the US and later served in the US Army. From 1936 to 1945, this type of cap badge was worn by the SS-Ordnungspolizei, or order police, the regular uniformed police force in Germany, which included municipal and rural police, firemen, and the coast guard. When Hitler came to power in January 1933, Hans and his parents, Alfred and Maria, lived in Breslau, Germany, where Alfred was Director of the Chamber of Commerce. Maria was Protestant and Alfred was Jewish and Hans identified hims...