Margot Hamburger family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn523172
• English
• 1938-1949
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The papers consist of nine letters between Eka Rozenkranz in Cyprus to Margot Joseph [donor] in Israel between February 1947 and May 1947. Also included are three photographs of images of Bernard Joseph [donor's brother] at the ORT school in Berlin, Germany, dated 1938-1939, and three photographs of images of Margot Joseph in Palestine, dated 1944-1949.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn523237
• English
• 1914-1997
• box 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of the Joseph family of Berlin, Germany. Included is wartime correspondence of Margot Hamburger (née Joseph) and her brother Bernard Joseph, both of whom emigrated from Berlin by 1940, and their parents Salli and Martha Joseph in Berlin. Other materials include identification papers, documents related to Margot and her husband Egon Hamburger’s time in Palestine, documents related to Bernard’s internment in Australia, and family photographs from Berlin and Palestine.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn523238
• English
• 1914-1918
• overall: Height: 2.370 inches (6.02 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.120 inches (0.305 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Medal awarded to Salli Joseph for his service in the German Army during World War I, 1914-1918. Salli and his family lived in Berlin, Germany, and he began searching for ways to get his family out of the country after the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933. They tried to get visas for the United States, since his wife's sister had lived there for some time. However, Salli and his wife, Martha, were placed on the very restrictive Polish quota system by the US because they were born in West Prussia. In 1939, they sent their 19 year old son, Bernard, to England and in 1940, their 1...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn523239
• English
• 1914-1918
• overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Ribbon which belonged to Salli Joseph, probably awarded for his service in the German Army during World War I, 1914-1918. Salli and his family lived in Berlin, Germany, and he began searching for ways to get his family out of the country after the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933. They tried to get visas for the United States, since his wife's sister had lived there for some time. However, Salli and his wife, Martha, were placed on the very restrictive Polish quota system by the US because they were born in West Prussia. In 1939, they sent their 19 year old son, Bernard, to En...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn523240
• English
• 1914-1918
• overall: Height: 0.380 inches (0.965 cm) | Width: 1.620 inches (4.115 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Ribbon bar which belonged to Salli Joseph probably awarded for his service in the German Army during World War I, 1914-1918. Salli and his family lived in Berlin, Germany, and he began searching for ways to get his family out of the country after the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933. They tried to get visas for the United States, since his wife's sister had lived there for some time. However, Salli and his wife, Martha, were placed on the very restrictive Polish quota system by the US because they were born in West Prussia. In 1939, they sent their 19 year old son, Bernard, to...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn524142
• English
• 1939-1940
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Consists of two photographs that show Margot Hamburger with family members in 1939 and 1940. One image shows her with brother Bernard Joseph in Berlin, Germany in 1939 before Bernard's departure for England. The second image of Margot with her parents, Salli and Martha, dated March 24, 1940, her 16th birthday, in Berlin, Germany and the day before she left for Palestine.