"Max Adler: From Germany to America, 1926-1939"

Identifier
irn36988
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.126
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36988

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Albert Giambalvo

Albert Gaimbalvo donated the memoir of his late friend, Max Adler, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on April 4, 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, 6 pages, entitled "Max Adler: From Germany to America 1926-1939," by Max Adler. In the memoir, Mr. Adler describes the history of his family and the Jewish community in his hometown of Bad Mergentheim, Germany. He describes antisemitism in the 1930s, his memories of Kristallnacht, and leaving on a Kindertransport to the Netherlands in January 1939. Mr. Adler's parents were able to immigrate to the United States in May 1939, and he joined them there in February 1940.

Genre

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