Dorothy and Siegmund Schnitman papers

Identifier
irn722715
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2021.211.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn722715

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Schnitman

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021 by the Estate of Dorothy Schnitman.

Scope and Content

Consists of two Canadian passports issued in 1947 for Dorothy (nee Segal, 1919-2012) and Siegmund (1919-2005) Schnitman who met in Canada in the 1940s while living in Toronto after escaping Poland and Germany, respectively, in the 1930s. Both passports indicated the dates of their Canadian citizenship, granted in 1946, and their immigration to the U.S. via Buffalo, NY in February 1948 before they settled in New York City.

Corporate Bodies

  • Montcalm (Ship)

Subjects

  • Toronto (Ont.)

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.