Lorenzen family collection
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ilse Weinberg
Received by members of the Lorenzen family during the Holocaust. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Ilse Lorenzen Weinberg.
Scope and Content
Contains documents and photographs illustrating the experiences of Hans and Berta Lorenzen and their daughters Ruth [donor] and Anne Marie, a Jewish family who remained in Feudenheim and Mannheim, Germany through the Nazi era. Hans Lorenzen converted to Judaism; his wife and daughters evaded deportation, and Berta labored in a brush factory while Hans continued to work for Daimler-Benz until 1946, when the family immigrated to the United States.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Ilse Weinberg
Subjects
- Feudenheim (Germany).
- Mannheim (Germany)
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.