Erna Meier Schlesinger Summerfield collection

Identifier: irn90151
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn90151

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Irene S. Woods, the daughter of Erna Meier Schlesinger Summerfield.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a pouch and passport relating to the experiences of Erna Meier Schlesinger (later Summerfield) in Germany and en route to the United States before World War II.

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Pouch with a false base used by a German Jewish émigré to smuggle money out of the country
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4376
- English
- a: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Diameter: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) b: Height: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Leather pouch with a false bottom used to smuggle money out of Germany by Erna Schlesinger (later Summerfield) and her daughter, Irene, when they immigrated to the United States in July 1939. The pouch was originally used to store detachable men’s shirt collars at the turn of the Twentieth Century. Jews emigrating from Germany were not allowed to remove valuables or money from the country, so Erna glued approximately 1,000 Reichs marks (about $250 US dollars) to the underside of the false, cardboard bottom. On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany. Erna’s sister, ...
Erna Meyer Schlesinger passport
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4377
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
German passport issued to Erna Meyer Schlesinger, July 1939, Berlin, Germany. "Deutsches Reich Reisepass" issued by the Director of Police, Berlin; letter "J" stamped in red ink; middle name "Sara" added; contains immigration visa Dutch border stamp, both dated July 13, 1939; quota immigration visa #134 for United States on July 13, 1939.

Erna Meier Schlesinger Summerfield collection

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Pouch with a false base used by a German Jewish émigré to smuggle money out of the country

Erna Meyer Schlesinger passport