Zernik/Kaplan family collection

Identifier
irn517725
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.483
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1978
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517725

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

René Stolbach donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Dec. 16, 2005. He is a volunteer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

Consists of copies of birth and death certificates for members of the Zernik and Kaplan families, originally of Berlin-Charlottenberg, Germany. Hans, his wife Lilly Kaplan, and daughter Ursula Zernik, emigrated from Germany in the late 1930s to Santo Domingo. From there, they spent a few years in China before immigrating to the United States after the war. Includes copies of documents needed for citizenship and immigration.

Genre

  • Document
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