Ursula Traugott papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Ursula I. Traugott
Biographical History
Ursula Ingeborg Blume Traugott is the niece of Fritz Marcus. Fritz Marcus survived typhoid fever which he contracted aboard the MS St. Louis. He was interned on the Isle of Man as an enemy alien. When he was released, he married a woman from Berlin, Germany, and ran a small business in London, England.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Ursula Traugott in 1991.
Scope and Content
Contains one postcard dated May 27, 1939, written and sent from Fritz Marcus to his niece, Ursula Traugott, from aboard the MS St. Louis; and two postcards, dated June 22 and July 22, 1939 sent to Ursula and Wolfgang Traugott in Providence, RI, from Fritz Marcus after he arrived in London, England.
Corporate Bodies
- German Jewish Aid Committee
- St. Louis (Ship)
Subjects
- Cuba--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--1933-1945.
- Refugees, Jewish--England--London.
Genre
- Postcards.
- Document