Steiner family: copy correspondence

Identifier
WL1707
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 71140
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Jan 1942
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

According to the letters, the Steiner family was living in Trencin (Czechoslovac Republic, today Slovakia) in the 1930s. Apart from the parents, one of the daughters, Stella, and her husband Karl and daughter Erika lived in Trenzin before they emigrated in 1942. Max, possibly Stella's brother, moved from Vienna to Zagreb. Anna and Jacob Baumann (relationship unknown) emigrated to Shreveport, Los Angeles, in 1941. Other relations and friends lived in Zurich and Humenné (Eastern Slovakia).

Acquisition

Steiner family papers

Donated January 2006

Donor: Anne Steiner

Scope and Content

This collection consists of copy correspondence of the Steiner family and friends, a Jewish family living in Czechoslovakia who were dispersed by the Holocaust.

Correspondence concerning efforts to arrange for emigration, living conditions for refugees going to America and updates on the lives of family members and friends.
German Hungarian

System of Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

People

  • Steiner family

Subjects

  • National Socialism
  • Migration
  • Holocaust
  • Refugees
  • Persecution
  • Jews

Places

  • Vienna
  • Los Angeles, Calif.
  • United States
  • Zürich
  • Zagreb
  • Trencin
  • Humenne
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

Other Connected Items