Enslein family collection
Extent and Medium
folders
3
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jean Gerard Enslein
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Jean Gerard Enslein.
Scope and Content
Contains photographs, documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Jakob Enslein and his wife, Margarete Einstein Enslei, and their two children Kurt and Hans Gerd [donor, b. 1929]. Gerd was born in Cologne, Germany, and in 1932 his parents relocated the family first to Belgium then in 1933 to France, first to Paris and then Collias, Nimes and Perigaux, before eventually fleeing through Spain and arriving in the United States in early May 1941.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mr. Jean Gerard Enslein
Subjects
- Refugees--France.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document
- Letters.