Ahronheim and Less family papers
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Creator(s)
- Margaret McQuillan
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Margaret McQuillan
Margaret McQuillan donated the collection related to her father, Walter Less, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
Scope and Content
Consists of a typed copy of "The Legacy Project: A History of the Ahronheim/Less Family, Lüneburg, Germany" by Margaret McQuillan. The manuscript incorporates family history, archival documents, and photographs to describe the experiences of the Ahronheim and Less families, focusing on the experiences of Leopold Less, who was arrested and sent to Sachsenhausen after Kristallnacht, his wife Anna, and his son Walter. Walter emigrated to the United States in 1934; his parents joined him in 1941. Also includes a copy of the family tree and a bound set of copies of primary source documents related to Leopold Less, mainly related to property confiscation in Lüneburg.
People
- Less, Walter.
- McQuillan, Margaret.
- Less, Leopold.
- Less, Anna.
- Ahronheim family.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Emigration and immigration--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions.
- Lüneburg (Germany)
- Kristallnacht, 1938--Germany.
Genre
- Document