Ernst Leo Baer collection

Identifier
irn501828
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0340
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Dutch
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501828

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Lore Baer

Biographical History

Lore Baer was born on 26 Aug. 1938 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She was the daughter of Ernst Leo Baer (b. 14 Apr. 1907 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Edith Baer. Lore and her parents survived the Holocaust by hiding in the Netherlands. At age 5, Lore’s parents hid her on a farm with a family including their daughter, Cornelia Schouten. Lore was reunited with her parents after the war.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Lore Baer

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the collection from Lore Baer via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives on Oct. 23, 1997.

Scope and Content

Contains identification certificates, a passport, a report card, a German newspaper, and other documents relating to Ernst Leo Baer's [donor's father] life in the Netherlands from 1937 to 1946. The report card shows Lore Baer's last name as "Kruk," the name she used while in hiding in Netherlands.

People

  • Baer, Lore, 1938-
  • Lore Baer
  • Baer, Ernst Leo, 1907-

Subjects

  • Hidden children (Holocaust)--Netherlands.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--Netherlands.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands.

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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