Rosenmund family collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Gina Biegeleisen (Regina Rosenmund) donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on August 7, 2006.
Scope and Content
Consists of documents and identity paperwork regarding the Rosenmund (also known as Katyganer) family, originally of Vienna, Austria. Having been born in Poland, the family, consisting of Elie Kune Rosenmund, his wife Debora (Dora) Penner Rosenmund, their daughter Regina Rosenmund, and Debora's mother, Chaje Penner, had a difficult time obtaining the proper paperwork in order to immigrate to the United States. Collection contains Nazi-issued consular documents and stateless passports for Elie and Debora. The family finally managed to immigrate to the United States in 1940 after spending a year in Belgium.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
- Identification cards.
- Passports.