Curt and Irene Sachs travel documents

Identifier
irn39214
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.324
  • RG-10.482
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1937
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39214

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of an Anonymous Donor

These documents were anonymously donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nov. 23, 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of two German passports ("Reisepaesse") issued to Irene Lewin Sachs and Curt Sachs. Irene Lewin Sachs was born in Berlin in August 31, 1888; the passport, which includes a photograph, was issued on March 9, 1937. Curt Sachs was born in Berlin on June 29, 1881; the passport was issued on April 22, 1937. Curt Sachs was a prominent musicologist. Curt and Irene Sachs immigrated to the United States in 1937.

People

  • Sachs, Irene.
  • Sachs, Curt, 1881-1959.

Subjects

  • Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--20th Century.
  • Musicology--Germany.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Berlin.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.