Maier Firnbacher family collection

Identifier: irn39466
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39466

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Fred Firnbacher, the son of Maier Firnbacher.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, and documents relating to the experiences of Maier Firnbacher, his wife, Ida, their son, Manfred, and other family members in Straubing, Germany, before and during the Holocaust and following the family's emigration to the United States in 1939.

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Firnbacher family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn43003
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains documents, identification cards, passports and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Maier Firnbacher, his wife Ida, and their son Manfred, who immigrated to the United States from Straubing, Germany, in January 1939. Includes Deutsches Reich Reisepass, Kennkarten, and Manfred's report cards. Documentation regarding two medals awarded to Maier, the Merit Cross issued in 1916 and the Iron Cross issued in 1934, for his actions in the first World War as a German soldier. Included are documents forbidding Maier, a "jüdische Viehhändler" from the local slaughterhouse; Jewish pr...
WWI Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with Swords and fitted box awarded to a German Jewish veteran
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn43004
- English
- a: Height: 2.375 inches (6.032 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) b: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.032 cm) | Depth: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) c: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.032 cm) | Depth: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with Swords and fitted case of issue awarded to Maier Firnbacher in 1916 for bravery while serving in the German Army during World War I. Maier was a cattle trader in Straubing, Germany, when Hitler came to power in 1933. Jews were forbidden to practice certain professions and, in 1936, Maier's trading license was revoked. In 1938, he was forced to sell his farmland at a loss to a non-Jew. He got immigration visas for the United States for himself, his wife, Ida, and their 8 year old son, Manfred, then was arrested during Kristallnacht on November 10. He was r...
WWI Iron Cross medal awarded to a German Jewish veteran
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn43006
- English
- 1934
- overall: Height: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Iron Cross awarded to Maier Firnbacher for bravery while serving in the German Army during World War I; it was issued in 1934. Maier was a cattle trader in Straubing, Germany, when Hitler came to power in 1933. Jews were forbidden to practice certain professions and in 1936, Maier's trading license was revoked. In 1938, he was forced to sell his farmland at a loss to a non-Jew. He got immigration visas for the United States for himself, his wife, Ida, and their 8 year old son, Manfred, but was arrested during Kristallnacht on November 10. He was released after three weeks in Dachau concentr...

Maier Firnbacher family collection

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Firnbacher family papers

WWI Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with Swords and fitted box awarded to a German Jewish veteran

WWI Iron Cross medal awarded to a German Jewish veteran