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World War, 1939-1945 -- Deportations from Germany

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Adolf Loebel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4185
Abstract

The Adolf Loebel Collection primarily documents the events of the Holocaust in Baden-Württemberg with an extensive amount of newspaper clippings. To a smaller extent it shows a few of the experiences of Adolf Loebel, head of the Jewish community in Heidelberg. In addition to the many newspaper clippings the collection contains circular letters and announcements, some correspondence, a list of Jews in Baden from 1940 and a few photographs.

Dates: 1897-1975; Majority of material found within 1938-1947

Deportations to Riga Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25096
Abstract

This collection comprises deportation lists from several German cities to Riga.

Dates: 1941-1942

Dobrin Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4034
Abstract

The collection comprises a large amount of legal documents, deeds, correspondence and clippings relating to the Dobrin family of Freienwalde. The majority of the documents are from the 19th century.

Dates: 1751-1946

Ernest B. Hofeller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5413
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.

Dates: 1928-2001; Majority of material found within 1940s

Gleiwitz (now Gliwice, Poland) Jewish Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 151
Abstract

This collection contains manuscripts on the history of the Gleiwitz community, with an emphasis on the period from 1933-1945, as well as some original programs and correspondence related to the local Bne Briss (B'nai Brith) lodge and deportation lists.

Dates: 1890-1985

Herta Grove Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25203
Abstract

This collection contains personal papers and clippings related to Herta Grove née Levi, her parents Moses and Bertha (Betty) Levi, and her brother Walter J. Levy, a noted oil consultant for the U.S. government. Materials include a family tree, a history of the Cohn-Levi family, an oral history interview transcript, records of memorials of Holocaust victim Betty Levi, clippings and biographical information, photographs of Walter J. Levy with government officials, and a plaque.

Dates: circa 1930s-2003

Höxter Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6875
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence sent by Käthe and Hugo Höxter, first from their home in Mannheim, and then beginning late 1940 from the Gurs camp, to their son Heinz (Henry) in Louisiana.

Dates: 1938-1945, 1991

Ilse Gamper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25243
Abstract

Items in this collection document deportation, family separation, immigration and efforts to seek restitution by Ilse Gamper. Medical, financial and employment records can also be found in this collection as well as correspondence and photographs.

Dates: 1911 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1997

Jenny Pelz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6568
Abstract

The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence sent from Jenny Pelz in Berlin to her children and grandchildren in the United States during the second World War.

Dates: 1908-1966

Königsberg Jewish Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1815
Abstract

This collection contains assorted primary and secondary materials relevant to the former German-Jewish community of Königsberg, including programs from the synagogue and local Jewish organizations, curricula for Jewish education in Königsberg, and materials on the development of a prayer book for the New Synagogue.

Dates: 1899-1969

Michelsohn Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10392
Abstract

The collection holds various documents pertaining to the Michelsohn family, originally from the town of Hausberge (Minden, Westphalia). These include vital records, a genealogical table, as well as clippings and publications.

Dates: 1919-1991

Nuremberg Jewish Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1706
Abstract

Manuscripts, photographs, newletters, clippings and other archival materials pertaining to the history of the Jewish community in Nuremberg.

Dates: 1919-2006

Wachtel Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25174
Abstract

This collection consists mainly of correspondence among the Wachtel family members in the 1940s. Regina and Markus Wachtel were both deported and perished in the Holocaust. Their older son Leo immigrated via England to the United States. Their younger son Arnold survived imprisonment in several concentration camps, but disappeared in 1946, seemingly murdered. In addition to correspondence, a few official documents and restitution materials are included.

Dates: 1939-2004; Majority of material found within 1939-1946