Hildegard Lewis papers

Identifier
irn500050
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.89
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1941, 1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 2000
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

8

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Hildegard Lewis (1915-2010) was born Hildegard Jordan in Koblenz to Lion Jordan and Selma Loeb Jordan. She moved to New York in 1938 at the encouragement of her father's cousin Bessie Lederer. Her sister Karoline and her brother Fritz both emigrated to Palestine in 1938. Her parents were transported to Theresienstadt in July 1942, and her father died there in December. Her mother was transported to Auschwitz in January 1943 and did not survive.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this correspondence from Hildegard Lewis on Mar. 6, 2000.

Scope and Content

The Hildegard Lewis papers include letters and postcards to Hildegard Lewis in New York and New Jersey from her parents, Lion and Selma Jordan, in Koblenz as well as photocopies of photographs of Lewis, her parents, and her brother and sister. The letters provide news about friends and family, describe the Jordans' increasingly difficult situation in Koblenz, and ask for Lewis' help with their emigration efforts.

System of Arrangement

The Hildegard Lewis papers are arranged as two series: I. Correspondence, 1938-1941, II: Photographic materials, approximately 2000

Subjects

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.