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Baruch Auerbach'sche Waisen-Erziehungsanstalt für Jüdische Knaben, Berlin

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Turney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25475
Abstract

This collection documents the personal experience of Alexander Turney with a particular emphasis on his childhood in Berlin, his emigration to the United States, and his activities as a tango dancer later in life. Materials include photographs, correspondence, clippings, programs, limited materials on family history, and an oral history interview transcript.

Dates: 1920-2011

Ralph Moratz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25827
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, official documents, photographs, and other archival materials pertaining to Ralph Moratz (1931-2016) and to his project to locate fellow survivors of his Kindertransport from Berlin to France in 1939. After arriving in France, Moratz and thirty-nine other boys sought refuge in the Chateau de Quincy, a Jewish Orphanage near Paris. In 1941, Moratz was able to escape occupied France with assistance from the Children's Aid Society OSE and resettle in New York.

Dates: 1881 – 2011; Majority of material found within 1939 – 1941; Majority of material found within 1995 - 2003

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Antisemitism 1
Articles 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
DVDs 1
Diaries 1