Brandeis family correspondence

Identifier
irn551006
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.483.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn551006

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Frank Gilbert

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Frank Gilbert, grandson of Justice Brandeis.

Scope and Content

Contains a letter written by Louise and Betty Brandeis, distant relatives of Justice Louis D. Brandeis, dated April 16, 1938 in Vienna. In the letter the two sisters ask Justice Brandeis to help them to come to the United States since life under the new anti-Jewish laws made it impossible for them to work. Justice Brandeis noted on the first page that he received the letter on May 13 (1938). According to a ship manifest, the two sisters sailed on board the SS Europa from Cherbourg, France arriving in New York on July 20, 1938.

People

  • Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941.

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.