Max Wachtel and Herbert Wolf family collection

Identifier: irn38093
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Andrea K. Wolf and Thomas M. Wolf, the grandchildren of Max Wachtel and the children of Herbert Wolf.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Max Wachtel and his family and Herbert Wolf and his family in Germany and the United States before and during the Holocaust, as well as items related to Hans Wachtel and his service in the United States Army during World War II.

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Wachtel and Wolf families papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn40038
- English
- boxes 2
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection of letters, documents, and photographs relating to Max and Erna Wachtel from Erfurt, Germany; their daughter Ursula Wachtel (donor's mother); and her brother Hans Wachtel, who served in the US Army and wrote letters to his parents while during the war. Also includes a passport and other documents relating to Herbert Wolf (donor's father), from Freiburg, Germany.
World War I Iron Cross medal with striped ribbon awarded to a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn40039
- English
- 1914-1918
- a: Height: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) b: Height: 11.375 inches (28.893 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Iron Cross awarded to Max Wachtel for service in the German Army during World War I, 1914-1918. After four years of increasingly antisemitic Nazi rule, Max’s shoe factory in Erfurt, Germany, was confiscated in 1937 because he was Jewish. Max was able to get immigration visas for the United States, with the sponsorship of relatives in Ohio. On May 14, 1938, Max, his wife Erna, and children, Ursula and Hans, sailed from Hamburg to the US on the President Roosevelt. They arrived on May 21 and settled in Cincinnati.
US Army patch that belonged to a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn40040
- English
- overall: Height: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Military patch that may have belonged to Hans Wachtel, who served in the United States Army from 1942-1945. It resembles a standard army rank patch for a Master Sergeant that has been trimmed. Hans and his family had left Nazi Germany in 1937 after the shoe factory owned by his father, Max, in Erfurt, Germany, was confiscated because he was Jewish. Max was able to get immigration visas for the US and on May 14, 1938, 16 year old Hans, his parents, and his sister sailed from Hamburg on the President Roosevelt. Hans volunteered for the U.S. Army on May 14, 1941. He was trained to interrogate ...
US Army technician shoulder patch that belonged to a German Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn40041
- English
- overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
US Army Technician, 5th grade patch that may have belonged to Hans Wachtel, who served in the United States Army from 1942-1945. Hans and his family had left Nazi Germany in 1937 after the shoe factory owned by his father, Max, in Erfurt, Germany, was confiscated because he was Jewish. Max was able to get immigration visas for the US and on May 14, 1938, 16 year old Hans, his parents, and his sister sailed from Hamburg on the President Roosevelt. Hans volunteered for the U.S. Army on May 14, 1941. He was trained to interrogate German POWs and to go undercover behind enemy lines. On June 18,...

Max Wachtel and Herbert Wolf family collection

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Wachtel and Wolf families papers

World War I Iron Cross medal with striped ribbon awarded to a German Jewish refugee

US Army patch that belonged to a German Jewish refugee

US Army technician shoulder patch that belonged to a German Jewish refugee