Kenneth Oppenheimer papers

Identifier
irn516368
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.70
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516368

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Kenneth Oppenheimer in 1995.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of a passport ("Reisepass") issued to Alfred Siegfried Oppenheimer donor's father by the Chief of Police in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, a German military draft notice ("Benachrichtigung") issued to Alfred Oppenheimer, a marriage certificate ("Heiratsurkunde") issued to Ernst Rosenbaum and Paula Mathias [donor's maternal grandparents] in Hofgeismar, Germany, and two photographic postcards of Yvonne and Helga Kaufmann [donor's cousins], both of whom died in concentration camps during the Holocaust.

People

  • Oppenheimer, Alfred Siegfried.
  • Kaufmann, Helga.
  • Kaufmann, Yvonne.

Subjects

  • Jews--Germany--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.