Gertrude Buff Spangler papers

Identifier
irn531311
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.393.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

oversize box

1

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gertrude Buff Spangler

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Gertrude Buff Spangler via her children Anne Hollenbeck and David Spangler.

Scope and Content

Collection of documents, photographs and notebook illustrating the pre-war and wartime experiences of Gertrude Buff's and her mother and father, Elsa and Berthold Buff. Also included is a Deutsches Reich Reisepass [German passport] for Paul Spangenthal [Gertrude's husband, Paul Spangler]. Collection contains Arbeitsbuch [worker's book] for Gertrude, who was forced as a Jew to leave school and work for private German companies until she and Elsa emigrated in 1939. Includes German documents concerning confiscated family property and post-war restitution efforts; a handwritten German cookbook written by Anna Mosbacher [Gertrude's maternal grandmother] who died before the Holocaust; and a composition book, handwritten, with crafting and handiwork directions.

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Genre

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