Leo Vogel collection

Identifier: irn109076
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Marlies Levenger, daughter of Leo Vogel.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a hand stamp, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Leo Vogel in prewar Karlsruhe, Germany, as well as postwar correspondence between the attorneys and Mr. Vogel's daughter, Marlies Levenger, concerning his restitution claim.

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Leo Vogel restitution collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518978
- English
- 1930-1965
- folders oversize folder 2 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of correspondence regarding Leo Vogel's post-war attempts to get restitution for his Karlsruhe, Germany, textile factory, Vogel and Schnurmann, which had been confiscated by the Germans. Includes legal documents between Mr. Vogel and attorneys in Karlsruhe, and after his death, correspondence between the attorneys and Mr. Vogel's daughter, Marlies Levenger. Also includes a pre-war photograph of the factory and employees, as well as a wood block stamp of an engraving of the factory.
Hand stamp with an image of a German Jewish businessman's confiscated factory
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn608087
- English
- overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Business hand stamp used prewar by Leo Vogel at his factory in Karslruhe, Germany. It depicts the Vogel and Schnumann textile factory complex. In 1933, the Nazi dictatorship took power in Germany. Through boycotts, confiscations, and forced Aryanization, the regime took over and shut down Jewish owned enterprises. Vogel's factory was confiscated in the 1930s.

Leo Vogel collection

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Leo Vogel restitution collection

Hand stamp with an image of a German Jewish businessman's confiscated factory