Dr. Louis Rene Beres collection

Identifier
irn34622
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.450.1
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn34622

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Louis Beres

Biographical History

Sigismund and Margaret Beres were Austrian Jewish citizens who fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938 to Switzerland, where they remained throughout World War II and where their son, Louis Rene Beres was born in 1945. The family immigrated to the United States in 1947.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Louis Beres

Scope and Content

Photographic vintage images and documents illustrating the experiences of Sigismund and Margaret Beres, Austrian Jewish citizens who fled to Switzerland from Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938. Included are images of their lives in Switzerland, Sigismund specifically, in forced labor, as well as a July 1938 police certificate documenting Sigismund's travel to Vienna to acquire an American visa. Also included are identification cards issued in Switzerland in 1946 which illustrate the family’s immigration to the United States in 1947.

Subjects

  • Switzerland.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

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.