Gerard Fields family collection

Identifier: irn520862
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn520862

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Gerard Fields.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a microscope and accessories, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences Gerard Blumenfeld (later Fields) and his family in France and Germany before, during, and after the Holocaust.

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Gerard Fields family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522411
- English
- 1800-1950
- boxes oversize box 10 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains information about the family's life in France and Germany and their Holocaust experiences.
Leitz Stativ VI compound brass microscope, case, and accessories used by a Jewish family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522412
- English
- a: Height: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 5.625 inches (14.287 cm) b: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Depth: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) c: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) d: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) e: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) f: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 6.125 inches (15.557 cm) | Depth: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) g: Height: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) h: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) i: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) j: Height: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Leitz brass compound microscope, with fitted case and accessories, that belonged to Gerard Fields. It is likely that the microscope was brought to the US by his father Edgar, a chemical engineer. Edgar and his wife Anna left Germany in 1933 for France rather than live under the Nazi regime. Germany occupied France in June 1940. After Edgar was demobilized from the French Army in 1941, he arranged for the family to go to the US. In December 1941, they sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, to Havana, Cuba, where they waited to receive US visas. In spring 1942, the family left for Chicago, joining Edg...

Gerard Fields family collection

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Gerard Fields family papers

Leitz Stativ VI compound brass microscope, case, and accessories used by a Jewish family