Kimmel family collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Paul Kimmel
Paul Kimmel donated his father's collection (Dr. Alfred Kimmel) to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.
Scope and Content
Consists of post-war photographs dating from 1946-1956 of the Kimmel family, originally of Lvov, Poland. Included also are five copies of photograph strips and one postcard written on October 7, 1947 to Dr. Alfred Kimmel, who at that time was living in the Schlachtensee DP camp in Berlin, Germany. The photographs include portraits of individuals and of groups, and images of daily life in the displaced persons camp. Dr. Alfred Kimmel and his wife, Laura (Späth) Kimmel emigrated to the United States in 1949.
People
- Kimmel, Alfred.
- Kimmel family.
Subjects
- Refugee camps.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- Schlachtensee (Berlin, Germany)
Genre
- Document
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