Sondheimer family papers
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Hanni Vogelweid
Issued to Moritz and Setty Sondheimer (donor's parents), Kovno, Lithuania, July 1940. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by the Estate of Hanni Vogelweid.
Scope and Content
Contains two German passports (Deutsches Reich Reisepass) belonging to donor's parents, Moritz and Setty Sondheimer; donor's brother Karl's identification is included in Moritz's passport, which documents the family's flight from Nazi occupation through Lithuania, Russia, and Japan, and eventually to Shanghai, China where they remained until after the second World War ended. Includes red letter "J" added on date of passport's issue, July 5, 1940, in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania, and Moritz's passport includes as his middle name "Israel."
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Estate of Hanni Vogelweid
Subjects
- Shanghai (China).
- Kaunas (Lithuania).
Genre
- Document
- Passports.