Kormes family collection

Identifier: irn721909
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn721909

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021 by Tamara Kormes Morgenstern, daughter of Karl and Martha Kormes.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of immigration papers and other documents, as well as a child's red dress, an Israeli flag, and a prewar German prayer book documenting the donor's parents' and sister’s experiences in prewar Germany, surviving the Patria bombing, their detainment in Atlit (or Athlit) clearance camp, living in Tel Aviv, and their immigration to the US in 1946.

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Child's red dress worn by Ava Kormes aboard the SS Patria
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn724619
- English
- overall: Height: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Width: 25.500 inches (64.77 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Child's red dress worn by the donor's sister Ava (or Eva) Kormes Becker on the SS Patria. She survived its bombing with her parents, Karl and Martha Kormes, in 1940 before the family's detainment in the Atlit detainee camp.
Prewar German prayer book owned by the Kormes family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn725220
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Prewar German prayer book which belonged to the Kormes family, who survived the Patria bombing and were detained in the Atlit (or Athlit) detainee camp before their immigration to the US in 1946.
Israeli flag owned by Karl Kormes
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn725225
- English
- overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Israeli flag brought with Karl Kormes when he immigrated to the United States around 1946 after he and his family lived in Tel Aviv following the war.
Kormes family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn737153
- English
- 1940-1946
- folders oversize box 2 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Comprised of materials such as immigration papers, family photographs, and correspondence documenting the donor's sister, Ava (b. 1940), and parents', Karl Kormes (b. 1918) and his first wife Martha (b.1922), experiences in prewar Germany, surviving the Patria bombing, their detainment in the Atlit (or Athlit) detainee camp, living in Tel Aviv, and their immigration to the US in 1946. Also included are Jewish Journal newspaper clippings.

Kormes family collection

Child Items

Child's red dress worn by Ava Kormes aboard the SS Patria

Prewar German prayer book owned by the Kormes family

Israeli flag owned by Karl Kormes

Kormes family papers