Meyerstein family papers

Identifier
irn518262
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.100.1
Dates
1 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518262

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ellen Cohen

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Museum in 2006 by Ellen Cohen.

Scope and Content

Contains papers that document the experiences of the Meyerstein family before and during World War II. Included in the papers is a marriage license issued to Hilda Schickler and George Meyerstein [Ellen Cohen's parents] in Milan, Italy on May 18, 1935; a driver's license issued to George Meyerstein in Gotha Germany; an entry ticket for a bullfight that Hilda and George Meyerstein attended in 1941 while living as refugees in; a passenger list for the "Marqus de Comillas" that included the Meyerstein family; two newspaper clippings attached to a card; a testimony written by George Meyerstein the details his impression of living in Spain; and postcards written by or to members of the Meyerstein family.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ellen Cohen

Genre

  • Tickets.
  • Marriage licenses.
  • Driver’s license.
  • Document
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