Margot Hamburger family collection

Identifier: irn523175
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Margot Joseph Hamburger. Accretions have been added to this collection.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of three World War I medals and documents relating to the experiences of Margot Joseph, her parents Salli and Martha Danziger Joseph, and her brother Bernard in Germany and Palestine before, during, and after World War II. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Margot Hamburger papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523172
- English
- 1938-1949
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year 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.
Joseph family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523237
- English
- 1914-1997
- box 1
- Updated 1 year 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.
World War I Iron Cross medal that belonged to a Jewish veteran and concentration camp inmate
- 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 1 year 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...
WWI German military black and white striped ribbon that belonged to a Jewish veteran and concentration camp inmate
- 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 1 year 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...
Blue, white and red bar ribbon that belonged to a Jewish German WWI veteran and concentration camp inmate
- 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 1 year 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...
Margot Hamburger photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524142
- English
- 1939-1940
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year 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.

Margot Hamburger family collection

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Margot Hamburger papers

Joseph family papers

World War I Iron Cross medal that belonged to a Jewish veteran and concentration camp inmate

WWI German military black and white striped ribbon that belonged to a Jewish veteran and concentration camp inmate

Blue, white and red bar ribbon that belonged to a Jewish German WWI veteran and concentration camp inmate

Margot Hamburger photographs