Fred Israel Morgan collection

Identifier: irn72207
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn72207

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Catheryne Morgan, the wife of Fred Morgan.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a luggage tag, documents, and identity cards relating to the experiences of Israel Morgenstern (later Fred Morgan) before the Holocaust in Vienna, Austria, and during the Holocaust in the United States, following his family’s 1939 emigration to New York.

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Fred Israel Morgenstern papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn59330
- English
- 1938-1940
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of two identity cards (one Fremdenpass and one Postausweiskarte) for Israel Morgenstern (later Fred Morgan), from Vienna, dated 1938-1939. Also includes documents and copies related to the confiscation of his personal valuables in Vienna, and his United States Selective Service registration card dated 1940.
Luggage tag used by a Jewish refugee from Vienna during his emigration
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72208
- English
- overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Stamped paper luggage tag used by 29 year old Israel Morgenstern when he and his family fled from Vienna to the United States in February 1939. A few months after Germany annexed Austria in March 1938, Israel, who lived with his parents Isak and Taube, and sister Herta, escaped Vienna for France. He was arrested, jailed, and deported to Germany, where he was sent to Dachau concentration camp. After six weeks, he returned home. The family left Germany in February 1939 and settled in New York. Israel changed his name to Fred Morgan. In late 1951, he met his future wife, Catherina Ilkovic, who...

Fred Israel Morgan collection

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Fred Israel Morgenstern papers

Luggage tag used by a Jewish refugee from Vienna during his emigration