Stephanie Mayer collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Stephanie Mayer
Biographical History
Stephanie Mayer (1894-1974), also known as Stephanie (Stef) Meyer, was born on December 20, 1894 in Breslau, Germany. Her parents were Emil (b. January 19, 1861) and Anna Pringsheim (December 28, 1871-1925). Her sister was Hildegard Edith Behrendt (September 20, 1898-1991). Stephanie Mayer sailed on the MS St. Louis and she disembarked in France. She eventually immigrated to South Africa. She married Dr. Paul Meyer and they had a daughter, Gerda Adler. She married Samuel Mayer, and they had a daughter, Lora Hannah Mayer. Stephanie Mayer died in Johannesburg, South Africa on March 14, 1974.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ann Behrendt
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Ann Behrendt donated the Stephanie Mayer collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000.
Scope and Content
The Stephanie Mayer collection consists of three photographs with inscriptions. The photographs show Stephanie Pringheim Mayer with friends on board the MS St. Louis in May 1939.
System of Arrangement
The Stephanie Mayer collection is arranged in a single series.
People
- Mayer, Stephanie, 1894-1974.
Corporate Bodies
- St. Louis (Ship)
Subjects
- Refugees.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- Jewish refugees.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document