Simmonds family collection

Identifier
irn39233
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.490
  • RG-10.489
Dates
1 Jan 1909 - 31 Dec 2007
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

oversize folder

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Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stella and Emmanuel Benador. In loving memory of Traute Simmonds

Stella and Emmanuel Benador donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Feb. 1, 2010.

Scope and Content

Consists of correspondence, documents, and photographs documenting the Holocaust experiences of the family of Traute Simmonds, who spent the war in hiding in France. Includes correspondence between Traute's father, Otto, a German-born physician, and brother Steffen, both of whom perished at Auschwitz, as well as a note from a railway worker who found a letter written by Otto while on the train to Auschwitz. The majority of the documents show the extensive restrictions placed on Jews living in France and the collection also includes photographs of the Simmonds family. Also includes two Simmonds family Stammbuchs (one of the family of Henry and Johanna Simmonds, and one for their son, Otto, and his family), the 1887 marriage certificate of Henry and Johanna, a clipping announcing the marriage of Otto and Marta (Marthe), a copy of Traute's birth certificate, and a letter to Marthe alerting her that a death certificate for Steffen Simmonds has been issued.

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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.