Fritz Goldschmidt papers

Identifier
irn511175
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.173.1
Dates
1 Jan 1928 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511175

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Fritz Goldschmidt

Biographical History

Fritz Uri Shraga Goldschmidt was born on January 16, 1927 in Neisse Nysa, Germany, to Aron and Rosalie Goldschmidt. In 1936, the Goldschmidt family, with the help of a relative in the United States, applied for United States immigration visas. After Fritz's older brother, Günter, was arrested during Kristallnacht and imprisoned in Buchenwald, the rest of the family relocated to Berlin, Germany, where they received their United States visas. In November 1939, Fritz and his parents left for the United States. Günter joined them in the United States in 1941 after traveling through Denmark, the Soviet Union, and Japan.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fritz Goldschmidt

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

Fritz Goldschmidt donated the Fritz Goldschmidt papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002.

Scope and Content

Consists of documents issued to Fritz Goldschmidt, including one passport issued on 25 Sept.1939, one Kennkarte issued on 30 January 1939; one certificate of vaccination, issued on 7 May 1928; one school diploma dated 1937-1938; one document issued on 31 May 1939, by the Jewish Community in Berlin, admitting Mr. Goldschmidt to the 6th grade; two documents relating to the his petition for naturalization in the United States; two photographs of the his parents; one photograph of Mr. Goldschmidt with his mother and older brother; and one newspaper clipping with an image of the Bergenfjord, the Norwegian ship on which the the family travelled from Oslo, Norway, to the United States in 1939.

System of Arrangement

The Fritz Goldschmidt papers is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Goldschmidt, Günter.
  • Goldschmidt, Aron.
  • Goldschmidt, Fritz.
  • Goldschmidt, Rosalie.
  • Fritz Goldschmidt

Corporate Bodies

  • Bergensfjord (Ship)

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--1933-1945.
  • Jews--Germany.

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.

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