Alfred and Hertha Friedheim collection

Identifier
irn84513
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.322.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn84513

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Family of Alfred and Hertha Friedheim.

Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by the family of Alfred and Hertha Friedheim.

Scope and Content

Diaries kept by Alfred and Hertha Friedheim, with some loose documents inserted between pages; dated 1939-1941; in French and English. The Friedheims were passengers on board the MS St. Louis in May 1939. When the ship returned to Europe they disembarked in France, and were in the Rieucros concentration camp in Lozere, France before getting American visas. They set sail in May 1941 on board the SS Winnipeg, but were detained in Port of Spain, Trinidad after the ship was commandeered by the Dutch navy. While in Port of Spain, their US visas expired. They were successful in getting their visas renewed and received the necessary funds to pay for their passage. The Friedheims immigrated to the United States on board the SS Argentina arriving in New York on November 14, 1941.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Beverly Licata

Corporate Bodies

  • Winnipeg (Steamship)
  • St. Louis (Ship)

Genre

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.