Ralph Mayer collection
Extent and Medium
folder
oversize box
1
1
Creator(s)
- Ralph Mayer
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ralph Mayer
Ralph Mayer donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009.
Scope and Content
Consists of two large photograph albums both containing enlarged black and white photographs. One album shows the interior of the pre-war family home in Krefeld, Germany, while the other shows the interior of the family's cardboard factory in Krefeld. Also includes five identity documents for Rolf Mayer (now Ralph Mayer), born in 1928 in Krefeld, who immigrated to the United States with his family in January 1939.
People
- Mayer, Ralph, 1928-
Subjects
- Factory system--Germany--History.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Krefeld.
- Krefeld (Germany)--History.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Identification documents.
- Document