Heinz and Mira Wallerstein collection

Identifier: irn555272
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn555272

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 2017 by Ruth Kraemer, the daughter of Heinz and Mira Wallerstein.

Scope and Content

Collection documenting Mira Wallerstein in Russia and Czechoslovakia and Heinz Wallerstein in Kassel, Germany until their separate immigration to the United States in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

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Heinz and Mira Wallerstein papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn556079
- English
- 1931-1944
- box oversize boxes oversize folders 1 2 2
- Updated 11 months ago
The collection documents Heinz Wallerstein of Kassel, Germany, his wife Mira Wallerstein of Prague, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), and their families in the time leading up to the Holocaust. Biographical materials include employment, identification, education, and military papers of Heinz from Saarbrücken, Germany; military and naturalization papers of Heinz’s brother Rolf; and Mira’s Czechoslovakian passport along with some stories written as a child. Correspondence includes a letter sent to Ida Schanzer from Mira’s step-parents Julius and Anna Taussig regarding plans to emigrate from Cz...
Tablecloth
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn556080
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Ring
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn556081
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Handkerchief
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn556082
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Frame
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn562441
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Painting
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563301
- English
- overall: Height: 32.000 inches (81.28 cm) | Width: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm)
- Updated 11 months ago
Ring
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563302
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Ring
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563303
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Ring
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563304
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Tablecloth
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563305
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Napkin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563306
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Napkin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563307
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Napkin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563308
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Napkin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563309
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Napkin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563311
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Napkin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563314
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Napkin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563315
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Napkin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563316
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Napkin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563317
- English
- Updated 11 months ago
Napkin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563318
- English
- Updated 11 months ago