Eric Junker family collection

Identifier: irn539489
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Florine Junker, the wife of Eric Junker.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a wimpel, documents, and photographs related to experiences of Erich (later Eric) Junker, his parents Fred and Betty, and brother Herbert, originally of Aschaffenburg, Germany, who immigrated to the United States in 1936-1937, as a result of anti-Semitism in Germany.

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Junker family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn539490
- English
- 1935-1955
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographs and documents related to the immigration of the family of Erich Junker, originally of Aschaffenburg, Germany, to the United States in 1936-1937, as a result of antisemitism in Germany. The collection includes photographs of the Junker family, including Eric, his parents Fred and Betty, and brother Herbert, among others; and documents related to Erich, including his birth certificate, immunization certificate, United States naturalization certificate, and related documents.
Hand painted Torah binder brought with German Jewish refugee family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn551032
- English
- 1935
- overall: Height: 13.250 inches (33.655 cm) | Width: 114.750 inches (291.465 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
White wimpel (or Torah binder) with a multi-colored, painted inscription created for Eric Junker. It was brought with the family when they left Aschaffenburg, Germany, for the United States in July 1937, and displayed at Eric's funeral in 2012. A wimpel is used as a binder to keep a Torah scroll tightly wound when not in use. It was a German custom to make a wimpel from the swaddling cloth used at the circumcision ceremony (brit malah), which was performed when a male infant was eight days old. The cloth was usually hand-decorated by the mother or another close family member. After the Nazi...

Eric Junker family collection

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Junker family papers

Hand painted Torah binder brought with German Jewish refugee family