Ronald W. Schonfeld collection

Identifier
irn563775
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.587.1
  • 1989.251
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

oversize boxes

1

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara Schonfeld

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Barbara Schonfeld, the widow of Ronald W. Schonfeld.

Scope and Content

Contains photograph albums and loose photographs illustrating the experiences of the Schonfeld family in Germany and the Netherlands. Hans, Hanna, and Rene Schonfeld emigrated from Germany to the Netherlands before the war. The family was deported on September 6, 1944 to Theresienstadt. Hanna and Rene remained in Theresienstadt and were liberated there; on September 29, 1944, Hans was deported to Auschwitz, where he is presumed to have died on February 28, 1945. Collection includes numerous photographs and photograph albums dating from the turn of the 20th century from the 1930s through the 1970s.

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.