Leon Hilersberg papers

Identifier
irn543399
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.158
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn543399

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Leon Hilersberg

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Norbert Hilsberg

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 1990 by Norbert Hilberg, the son of Leon Hilersberg.

Scope and Content

Contains a letter received by Leon Hilersberg from the American Consulate, dated 20 May 1938, in Vienna, Austria. The letter informs the recipient that all documents submitted to emigrate to the United States are satisfactory. The Polish quota, nevertheless, is filled and they will have to wait for at least six months and their names are on the waiting list and will be informed by the embassy as soon as an opening is available. On the bottom of the letter is a note (in English) from the American Vice-Consulate stating that any visas for other countries would not affect the family's place in the U.S. waiting list. The collection also contains German passports for Leon and Henryka Hillersberg, each of which bears an immigration visa for the United States given in Havana, Cuba, April 3, 1940.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Leon Hilersberg
  • Hilersberg, Leon.

Subjects

  • Vienna (Austria).
  • Jews--Austria--Vienna.
  • United States--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.

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