Walter and Herta Fleck Collection

This collection mainly reflects the education, immigration, and restitution efforts of Walter Fleck and Herta Fleck née Froehlich. Walter Fleck studied law, economics, and business throughout the 1920s, and Herta Fleck née Froehlich studied medicine from 1927-1933. Education records in this collection reflect both of their courses of study and include books of university classes taken, letters of enrollment, letters of recommendation, and certificates of completion for courses, exams, and practical training. Also included among Herta Fleck’s education records are official pieces of correspondence from the State University of New York regarding her interest in earning a medical license in the United States and letters of recommendation from a few places where she worked in the first few years in the United States. The immigration records in the collection consist of vital records and a few official documents. The restitution materials include correspondence with lawyers, court decisions, and bank records.

There also are some materials on other members of the Fleck family, including vital documents for Walter Fleck’s parents, Karl and Paula Fleck, as well as vital records for Herta’s parents Oscar and Frieda Froehlich. One piece of correspondence from Herta’s brother Walter is also included, as are two family tree books (Familienstammbücher), one for Oscar and Frieda Froehlich, and one for Herta and Walter Fleck.