Edward Isidor Gross collection

Identifier: irn49876
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn49876

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Judith Gross, the daughter of Edward I. Gross.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a sports club patch, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Edward Isadore Gross and his family before the war in Aachen, Germany, and during the war in the United States, when Edward was in the United States Army.

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Abridged Prayer Book for Jews in the Armed Forces of the United States [Book]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn532851
- English
- 1941
- Updated 1 year ago
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn532852
- English
- 1942
- Updated 1 year ago
Isidor Gross papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn60746
- English
- 1936-1945
- folders 22
- Updated 1 year ago
The Isidor Gross papers consist of documents and photographs that concern the family, immigration, and United States Army service of German born Jewish man, Isidor Gross. After being arrested by the Gestapo in 1938, Isidor and his father Markus fled Aachen, Germany for the United States and successfully rescued his mother and two younger siblings from a holding camp. Included in this collection are several documents from Isidor’s childhood in Germany, among them, his birth certificate, school report card, and employment workbook. Also included are papers documenting Isidor’s naturalization ...
Maccabi sports club patch with a blue Star of David and Aachen worn by a Jewish youth
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn60747
- English
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
White sleeve badge worn by Isidore (later Edward) Gross as a teenager when he played soccer with the Maccabi Sports Club in Aachen, Germany. He lived with his parents, Markus and Ida, and two younger siblings in Aachen, Germany. His parents had been born in Poland, but had lived in Aachen since 1920. Since the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship in1933, Jew were increasingly persecuted in Germany. In fall 1938, Markus was deported back to Poland by the German authorities. Following Kristallnacht on November 9-10. Isidore, age 17, and his maternal uncle Jacob were arrested. Isidore was re...

Edward Isidor Gross collection

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Abridged Prayer Book for Jews in the Armed Forces of the United States [Book]

Book

Isidor Gross papers

Maccabi sports club patch with a blue Star of David and Aachen worn by a Jewish youth