Hildegard Vicktor papers
Extent and Medium
folders
7
Creator(s)
- Hildegard Vicktor
Biographical History
Hildegard (Hilde) Vicktor (1909-2012) was born in Böchingen, Germany, just outside Landau, to wine merchant Eugene Kern (1877-1935) and his wife, Isabella (nee Michel, 1885-1950) from Edesheim. In 1933 Hilde married cattle dealer Karl Vicktor (1906-1975) from Spiesen. Their daughter Ruth was born in St. Ingbert in 1934. Hilde immigrated to the United States in 1936 with her husband, daughter, and mother-in-law (Klara Vicktor, 1878-1955) and settled in Brooklyn. Hilde’s mother joined them later that year.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Goldberg
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Ruth Goldberg donated the Hildegard Vicktor papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.
Scope and Content
The Hildegard Vicktor papers consist of family trees; correspondence tracing Hilde’s aunt Berthilde Kern Kohler; a history of the Jewish community of Landau in der Pfalz; photocopies of birth, marriage, and death certificates for Karl and Hilde Vicktor and Isabella Kern; two photographs of the Vicktor, Kern, and Michel families; an article about Kristallnacht in Landau; an article about Hilde’s cousin Werner Michel; memorial remarks by the mayor of Landau in 1987; and Hilde’s brief account of her return visits to Germany.
System of Arrangement
The Hildegard Vicktor papers are arranged as a single series: Series 1: Hildegard Vicktor papers, approximately 1910-2013
Subjects
- Landau (Germany)
- Edesheim (Germany)
- Böchingen (Germany)
- St. Ingbert (Germany)
- Spiesen (Germany)
- Jewish refugees--New York (State)--New York (City).
- Jews--Germany--Landau.
- Jews--Genealogy.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Landau.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document