Hans Benjamin Marx collection

Identifier: irn624324
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 2018 by Judith Marx, the daughter of Hans Benjamin Marx.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of an armband, ghetto scrip, Star of David badges, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Hans Benjamin Marx and the Marx family in Germany before and during the Holocaust, in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp during the Holocaust, and in the United States after World War II.

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Hans Benjamin Marx papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn627923
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Hans Benjamin Marx and his family, including their pre-war lives in Mannheim and Frankfurt am Main, Hans's experiences in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, and his immigration to the United States aboard the SS Marine Flasher in 1946. The collection consists of an annotated album assembled by Hans with photographs, a small amount of family correspondence (includes donor-provided translations), identity documents, and Hans's SS Marine Flasher ticket.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, given to German Jewish prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn633651
- English
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Scrip, valued at 50 kronen, distributed in Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp to Hans Benjamin Marx, who was imprisoned at the camp between February 18 and May 8, 1945. At the camp, Hans was issued 50 kronen of ghetto money, which he only used as a deposit when he checked out books from the ghetto library. Hans spent most of the war in Frankfurt with his older sister, Claire, and their mother, Elise. Elise was a Protestant, but converted to Judaism before getting married to Hans’s father, Ernest. In November 1938, following the Kristallnacht pogrom, Ernest was arrested and transport...
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, given to German Jewish prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn633652
- English
- overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Scrip, valued at 100 kronen, distributed in Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp to Hans Benjamin Marx, who was imprisoned at the camp between February 18 and May 8, 1945. At the camp, Hans was issued 50 kronen of ghetto money, which he only used as a deposit when he checked out books from the ghetto library. Hans spent most of the war in Frankfurt with his older sister, Claire, and their mother, Elise. Elise was a Protestant, but converted to Judaism before getting married to Hans’s father, Ernest. In November 1938, following the Kristallnacht pogrom, Ernest was arrested and transpor...
Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Jude, belonging to a German Jewish prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn633653
- English
- overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Yellow cloth Star of David badge worn by Hans Benjamin Marx while living under the Nazi dictatorship in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, between September 1, 1941 and February 14, 1945. All Jews in the Reich were required to wear Judenstern on their outer clothing at all times to identify themselves as Jewish. Hans spent most of the war in Frankfurt with his older sister, Claire, and their mother, Elise. Elise was a Protestant, but converted to Judaism before getting married to Hans’s father, Ernest. In November 1938, following the Kristallnacht pogrom, Ernest was arrested and transported to Buc...
Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Jude, worn by a German Jewish prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn633654
- English
- overall: Height: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Yellow cloth Star of David badge worn by Hans Benjamin Marx while he was confined at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp between February 18 and May 8, 1945. All Jews in the Reich were required to wear Judenstern on their outer clothing at all times to identify themselves as Jewish. Hans spent most of the war in Frankfurt with his older sister, Claire, and their mother, Elise. Elise was a Protestant, but converted to Judaism before getting married to Hans’s father, Ernest. In November 1938, following the Kristallnacht pogrom, Ernest was arrested and transported to Buchenwald concentr...
Theresienstadt armband with prisoner number worn by a liberated German Jewish prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn633655
- English
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Theresienstadt armband worn by Hans Benjamin Marx after liberation in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp and on his journey home between May 8 and June 14, 1945. The Soviet commander in charge of the liberated camp prohibited Judenstern, and instead authorized the released prisoners to wear an armband with their transport number on it. Hans spent most of the war in Frankfurt with his older sister, Claire, and their mother, Elise. Elise was a Protestant, but converted to Judaism before getting married to Hans’s father, Ernest. In November 1938, following the Kristallnacht pogrom, Ernest was ar...

Hans Benjamin Marx collection

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Hans Benjamin Marx papers

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, given to German Jewish prisoner

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, given to German Jewish prisoner

Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Jude, belonging to a German Jewish prisoner

Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Jude, worn by a German Jewish prisoner

Theresienstadt armband with prisoner number worn by a liberated German Jewish prisoner