Selma Aufhaeuser affidavit

Identifier
irn605286
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.353.1
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn605286

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dr. Samuel Hessel

Dr. Samuel Hessel, owner of By the Book antiquarian books, donated this document to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.

Scope and Content

Consists of one affidavit submitted to the general consul in Stuttgart, Germany, by Ludwig and Pepi Ottenheimer of New York City, in support of the visa application of Selma Aufhaeuser of Bavaria, Germany. The affidavit was notarized on April 10, 1941. The effort was ultimately unsuccessful; Selma Aufhaeuser and her husband were part of the first deportations of German Jews to Riga, and were killed upon arrival as part of the Rumbula massacre.

People

  • Aufhaeuser, Selma.

Subjects

  • Emigration & immigration--United States--1940-1950.

Genre

  • Document
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