"We Came to America: Memories of a Refugee Child"

Identifier
irn41937
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.435
Dates
1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn41937

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marlies Wolf Plotnik

Marlies Plotnik donated her memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on August 23, 2010.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, 81 pages with appendices, entitled "We Came to America: Memories of a Refugee Child" by Marlies Wolf Plotnik, written in 2005. In the memoir, Mrs. Plotnik describes her childhood in Darmstadt, Germany, her memories of Kristallnacht, her family history, her family's immigration to the United States through England in 1939,and her life in the United States. Includes copies of photographs, documents, and family trees.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Marlies Plotnik

People

  • Plotnik, Marlies.

Subjects

  • Darmstadt (Germany)
  • Germany.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Darmstadt.

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.