Zweigenthal family collection

Identifier
irn501998
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0210
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Portuguese
  • French
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501998

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives on June 19, 1998. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives received this collection from Kate Zentall, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Zweigenthal.

Scope and Content

Contains of letters, black and white photographs, a Sauf Conduit pass for Robert Zweigenthal, and 8 legal documents pertaining to the escape of Robert Zweigenthal, his wife, Elizabeth Aigner Zweigenthal, and her mother, Caroline (Carolina) Aigner, from France through Portugal to the United States. Includes copies of two letters written in 1941 by Sara Delano Roosevelt, the mother of President Franklin Roosevelt, requesting that assistance be given to members of the Aigner family. The photographs depict life on the ship traveling from Portugal to the United States.

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.