Ernest B. Hofeller Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains correspondence, personal papers and documents, and photographs documenting Ernest Hofeller's emigration from Germany to the refugee settlement in Sosúa, Dominican Republic, in the 1940s.
The documents and personal papers include a school certificate from Munich in the 1930s, but the majority of the papers concern Hofeller's emigration over Switzerland and Portugal to the Dominican Republic, and eventually to the United States. About 20 photographs illustrate this journey, including several which show daily life in the settlement in Sosúa. The collection also contains several letters sent by Hofeller's parents and sister, who remained in Munich, during the years prior to their deportaion in 1941. Finally, the collection also includes a family history manuscript covering the family's genealogy since 1721, with a later appendix concentrating on the Hofellers of Eichstetten.
Dates
- 1928-2001
- Majority of material found within 1940s
Creator
- Hofeller, E. B. (Ernest B.), 1921-2008 (Person)
- Mirwis, L. (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Extent
4 Folders
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, personal papers and documents, and photographs documenting Ernest Hofeller's emigration from Germany to the refugee settlement in Sosúa, Dominican Republic, in the 1940s.
- Baden (Germany)
- Correspondence
- Dominican Republic
- Eichstetten (Germany)
- Genealogical tables
- Hofeller family
- Jewish refugees
- Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
- Jews, German -- Dominican Republic -- History -- 20th century
- Legal documents
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Mirwis, L.
- Moyses, Nathan
- Munich (Germany)
- Nathan, Leopold
- Sosúa (Dominican Republic)
- Weil, Moses
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Deportations from Germany
- Title
- Guide to the Ernest B. Hofeller Collection, 1928-2001 AR 5413
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
- Date
- © 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- April 04, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
