George and Lillian Friedman Collection
Scope and Content Note
Folder 1 contains Georg Friedmann's German passport a short account of the family's emigration by Lillian Friedmann, a biographical sketch of Lillian Friedman, her account of the S. S. St. Louis incident in Havana, photo of the Friedmans boarding the St. Louis, documents registering the addition of 'Israel' and 'Sara' to the Friedmans' names. Folder 2 contains documents related to the freezing of the Friedmanns' assets, forced contributions and emigration fees, bank books, income tax forms, declarations of property relative to contribution prior to emigration, and correspondence concerning Lillian Friedman's unsuccessful attempts to use frozen assets to secure passage for another cousin. The third folder contains a small amount of correspondence pertaining to restitution claims and disposition of German finances, including two letters sent to their lawyer in Germany in 1941. The other folders contain correspondence with the Hamburg-America line regarding booking passage on the Orinoco and the St. Louis and their immigration from Cuba to the United States. These latter folders also contain some financial documents, citizenship papers, official documents, and affidavits of support.
Dates
- 1938-1983
- Majority of material found within 1938-1941
Creator
- Friedman, Lillian, 1906- (Person)
- Friedman, George, 1897-1950 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, English, Spanish.
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
Biographical Note
Lillian née Bach and Georg Friedmann (later Friedman) married in 1930 and lived in Schwandorf, Bavaria, where they appear to have operated a clothing store. After the events of Kristallnacht Georg was temporarily sent to the Dachau camp, and Lillian and other family members were jailed for a short time. Afterwards, partially through the support of distant American relatives, they secured passage on the ship Orinoco, but decided to try to get a spot on the earlier S. S. St. Louis to Havana. Lillian and Georg Friedmann were among twenty-two Jewish refugees allowed to disembark from the ship S. S. St. Louis in Havana. Shortly thereafter they emigrated to the United States and settled in Louisville. Georg Friedmann died in 1950.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Abstract
Documents and correspondence related to the Friedmanns' emigration from Germany and Cuba via the famous S. S. St. Louis (they were the only family who disembarked in Cuba), as well as documents related to the freezing of their assets and Jewish forced contributions in Germany in 1939.
- Annenberg family
- Annenberg, Sadie
- Bayerische Vereinsbank
- Black-and-white photographs
- Citizenship papers
- Correspondence
- Cuba -- Emigration and immigration
- Financial records
- Friedman, George, 1897-1950
- Friedman, Lillian, 1906-
- Friedmann family
- Hamburg-American Line
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Economic aspects
- Immigration records
- J. Friedmann Modehaus (Schwandorf, Bavaria)
- Ledgers (account books)
- Legal documents
- Official documents
- Passports
- Schwandorf in Bayern (Germany)
- St. Louis (Ship)
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Verband Bayerischer Israelitischer Gemeinden
- Vital statistics records
- Title
- Guide to the George and Lillian Friedman Collection, 1938-1983 AR 7223
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff and Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- November 22, 2011 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
- March 25, 2014.: Biographical note edited.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository