Leo Banemann collection
Extent and Medium
folder
book enclosure
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Carol Kashan
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Carol Kashan, granddaughter of Leo Banemann.
Scope and Content
Contains an autograph book (Poesie) that belonged to Martha Lieberman; correspondence from 1938 regarding efforts by Martin Kohn of Baltimore to assist the family of Leo Banemann from Burgkundstadt, Germany, in their imigration to the United States; a postcard written by Leo Banemann from jail, dated Novermber 30, 1938; exhibition pamphlet and display; a passenger list booklet from the SS Manhattan dated May 1937; a passenger list booklet from the Orinoco dated 28 March 1939 regarding a voyage from Hamburg with stops in Havana, Veracruz, and Tampico; and photographs, including images from aboard the Orinoco.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Carol Kashan
Corporate Bodies
- Manhattan (Ship)
- Orinoco (Ship)
Subjects
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Letters.
- Postcards.
- Document
- Photographs.