Werner Gumprecht letter

Identifier
irn516130
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.2.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516130

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Werner Gumprecht's daughter, Marion Portman, and her husband, Sheldon, donated the letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005.

Scope and Content

The 16-page, typewritten letter was written by Werner Gumprecht in Seville, Spain, and details the beginning of his family's experiences during their immigration from Hamburg, Germany, to the United States in 1941. The Gumprechts left Germany on July 21, 1941, and arrived in N.Y. on September 12, 1941. Their relatives who remained in Germany were deported between October and December 1941 and never heard from again.

People

  • Gumprecht family.

Subjects

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

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.