Jella Karlsruher and Albrecht Eisenmann families papers

Identifier
irn83767
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.430.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn83767

Extent and Medium

box

oversize box

1

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Audrey Eisenmann and Geoffrey Eisenmann

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Audrey and Geoffrey Eisenmann.

Scope and Content

Collection of documents, correspondence, photographs, photo albums and a cookbook, relating to three families: the Karlsruher and Schweizer families of Mannheim, Germany, and Eisenmann family of Noerdlingen, Germany. Jella Furth Karlsruher with her younger daughter Ruth (donors' maternal grandmother and mother) were able to leave Germany in August 1940 via USSR and Japan to the United States. Irene Schweizer (Jella's oldest daughter) left for England in 1939 with her husband and son. Albrecht Al Eisenmann (donors' father) immigrated to the US in 1938, his mother Ida was murdered in 1942 in Piaski.

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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