Marianne and Edgar Fraenkel papers

Identifier
irn698986
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.479.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn698986

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Peter Fraenkel

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Peter Fraenkel, son of Marianne and Edgar Fraenkel.

Scope and Content

Documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Marianne (Theisebach) and Edgar Fraenkel, who both fled Germany for the United States in 1937 (Marianne) and 1941 (Edgar). Includes birth certificates; identification documents; safe-conduct passes and affidavits in lieu of passports issued in France; U.S. naturalization documents; U.S. army documents issued to Edgar; Red Cross letters; a Reisepass (passport) issued to Marianne in August 1933; United Kingdom immigrant registration paperwork; and other documentation of their efforts to flee Nazi Germany.

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • England--Emigration and immigration.

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.