"My Life in Germany, before and after January 30th, 1933"
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carolyn Goff
Carolyn Goff donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 5, 2008.
Scope and Content
Consists of one typed memoir, 75 pages, entitled "My Life in Germany, before and after January 30th, 1933", by Erna Prehn Albersheim, who was born in the United States and lived in Frankfurt, Germany until January 27, 1939. The memoir, which is dated March 13, 1940, describes life in Germany during and after World War I, post-war inflation, Hitler's rise to power, the April 1933 boycott, the rise of antisemitism and anti-Jewish legislation and how these affected her life and late husband's business. She and her daughter managed to immigrate to the United States in early 1939.
Subjects
- Jewish families--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
Genre
- Document
- Personal Narratives.