Silberschmidt Family Collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Silversmith
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 and 2014 by Peter Silversmith.
Scope and Content
Contains documents, photographs, and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Julianne Elise and her husband Fritz Silberschmidt, who fled Germany in 1939, leaving behind extended family. Included in the correspondence are a number of letters from Selma and Rudolf Silberschmidt, mother and brother of Fritz. Rudolph was deported and did not survive; Selma survived in hiding in the Netherlands. Also included are military documents issued to Selma's husband, a veteran of WWI who passed away in 1927, as well as documents illustrating efforts of Fritz and Julianne to leave in 1939.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mr. Peter Silversmith
People
- Silberschmidt, Rudolf.
- Silberschmidt, Fritz.
- Silberschmidt, Julianne Elise.
- Silberschmidt, Selma.
Subjects
- Netherlands.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Document
- Letters.