Doris Jacobson papers
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Creator(s)
- Doris S. Jacobson
Biographical History
Dr. Leo and Olga Jacobson fled Nazi Germany with their children Gerald and Hanna sailing on the Queen Mary from Cherbourg to New York on March 2, 1938.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Doris S. Jacobson
Donated by Doris S. Jacobson to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000. Additional material was added in 2014.
Scope and Content
Papers consists of one Identity card (Ausweiskarte) issued to Olga Jacobsohn, dated 1935-1936; a letter, written by Olga Jacobsohn, on the back of a concert program; and a newspaper page from "Berlin Blatt der C.-V. Zeitung;" dated 4 April 1935. Also included are documents and correspondence regarding restitution claims made by Dr. Gerald Jacobson (Doris S. Jacobson’s late husband), dated 1953-1960.
People
- Fox, Hannah.
- Jacobsohn, Olga.
Genre
- Document