Katz family correspondence
Extent and Medium
folders
3
Creator(s)
- Max Katz
Biographical History
Max Katz was born in Schotten, Germany to Nathan (1878-1942?) and Selma Katz (née Stern, 1884-1942?). He had one sister, Pauline (1917-1942?). Max immigrated to the United States before the start of World War II and settled in Hoboken, New Jersey. Max worked to secure funding and visas for his family’s emigration from Germany, but was unable to help them. His parents and sister were likely deported to the Minsk ghetto in September 1942 where they perished.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Robert Weiner in 1989.
Scope and Content
Consists of three folders of correspondence between Max Katz of Chicago, Ill., and his cousin, Max Katz of Hoboken, N.J. The letters relate to the attempts of Max Katz (Hoboken, N.J.) to collect funds to finance the emigration of Nathan, Selma, and Pauline Katz from Germany to the United States. In some cases, the letters contain detailed genealogical information about the Katz family in Germany and the United States. The letters in German are usually followed by an English translation.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is chronological
People
- Katz, Selma.
- Katz, Pauline.
- Katz, Nathan.
- Katz, Max.
Subjects
- Genealogy.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- Jewish Women -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--1933-1945.
- Stuttgart (Germany)
- Great Britain.
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Hoboken (N.J.)
- Jewish committees (ushmm)
- Refugees.
- United States
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.
- Schotten (Hesse, Germany)
Genre
- Document