Arnold Kronfeld papers
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Arnold I. Kronfeld in 2005.
Scope and Content
The papers consist of correspondence, visa applications, affidavits and other materials that belonged to Herbert E. Kronfeld [donor's father] and that document his efforts to assist his maternal aunt, Bertha Dyckhoff, and her daughter, Hildegard Dyckoff, in immigrating from Berlin, Germany, to the United States. Included in the collection is correspondence from Judges Mitchell May and Algeron I. Nova, Senator Robert F. Wagner, Senator James M. Mead, and United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
People
- Kronfeld, Herbert E.
- Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955.
- Mead, James M. (James Michael), 1885-
- Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953.
- Nova, Algeron I.
- Dyckhoff, Bertha.
- Dyckhoff, Hildegard.
- May, Mitchell.
Corporate Bodies
- Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America
- American Friends Service Committee
Subjects
- Refugees, Jewish--United States.
- Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--1933-1945.
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Document
- Affidavits.