Riesenfeld family collection

Identifier: irn35824
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35824

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 and 2017 by Susan Driscoll, granddaughter of Bruno and Frieda Riesenfeld, for the Riesenfeld family.

Scope and Content

Collection of documents, photographs, papers, correspondence, a steamer trunk and other assorted materials documenting and related to the experiences of Bruno and Frieda Riesenfeld (nee Schwabacher) and their children Ernst and James (donor's father) originally from Wurzburg, Germany who fled to the Netherlands and immigrated to the United States in March 1940. Also documents extended family and friends.

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- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn220137
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Riesenfeld family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84900
- English
- 1897-2001
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection documents the experiences of Bruno and Frieda Riesenfeld and their children Ernst and James, originally from Würzburg, Germany, who fled to the Netherlands and immigrated to the United States in 1940. Included are identification papers, immigration documents, financial documents related to the forced sale of Bruno’s paint factory in 1938, wartime correspondence with Frieda’s mother, Dora Schwabacher in Würzburg, and photographs. Biographical materials include immigration documents, identification papers, education and employment papers, restitution documents, and a family boo...

Riesenfeld family collection

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Riesenfeld family papers