Werner Meyerstein and Ruth Echt collection

Identifier
irn677531
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Taly Furer, the granddaughter of Werner Meyerstein.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of newspaper clippings, documents, photographs, butcher's certificate, identification cards, immigration documents and passport documenting the experiences of Werner Meyerstein and his family in Germany and Sosua. The collection also includes documentation, passport, immigration papers and other identification from Germany and Shanghai belonging to Ruth Echt. In addition, the collection includes a glazed ceramic cup with handle.

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.