Lorenzen family collection

Identifier
irn35828
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.154.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

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

Genre

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