Berta Kaufmann collection

Identifier
irn39333
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.42
  • RG-10.490
Dates
1 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39333

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gustav Buchdahl

Gustav Buchdahl donated this material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Feb. 19, 2010. He was the executor of Ms. Kaufmann's estate.

Scope and Content

Consists of immigration and naturalization documents for Berta Kaufmann, originally of Hechingen, Germany, who immigrated to the United States in February 1940. Includes her German passport, naturalization petition, a postcard and menu from the SS Westernland, identification paperwork, and study materials for her naturalization exam.

Subjects

  • Germany--Emigration and immigration--1933-1945.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jews--Germany--Hechingen.

Genre

  • Document
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