Ruth Haneman and Edna Eckstein family collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Samuel Veta, the son of Ruth Haneman and the grandson of Edna and Samuel Eckstein.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ruth Haneman and her family, who fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai and, after the war, emigrated to the United States, and of artifacts, correspondence, and photographs relating to the experiences of Edna Kwasznik and Samuel Eckstein in Russia and then the United States during the early 20th century.
Genre
- Collection