Silberschmidt Family Collection

Identifier
irn607901
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.485.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

1

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

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