Waldapfel family papers

Identifier
irn724182
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2021.107.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

3

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Sigmund Waldapfel (1861-1924) was born in Považská Bystrica (now Slovakia), and Irma Waldapfel (nee Fischer, 1876-1965) was born in Čadca (now Slovakia). They married and had three children: Valerie (1904-2001), Max (1907-1997), and Karoline (1910-1984). Valerie and Max were born in in Přívoz (Oderfurt, now Czech Republic) before the family moved to Vienna, where Karoline was born. Valerie immigrated to the United States in 1923, Max in 1928, and Karoline and their mother Irma in 1938. The family changed their name to Wald after immigration.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Stephanie Wald Hand

Stephanie Wald Hand donated the Waldapfel family papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021.

Scope and Content

The Waldapfel family papers include correspondence, immigration documents, and photographs documenting Irma Waldapfel, her children Valerie, Max, and Karoline, and their Waldapfel and Fischer relatives. Correspondence includes postcards sent from Czechoslovakia to Irma, Valerie, and Karoline during the interwar period and letters Irma and Karoline sent from Vienna to Valeria and Max in New York. Immigration documents consist of a Queen Mary passenger list and handwritten notes documenting Irma’s and Karoline’s itinerary from Vienna to Cherbourg to New York. Photographs depict Irma, Karoline, and their dog “Peterl” in Vienna as well as Waldapfel and Fischer relatives in Vienna and Czechoslovakia.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in three folders: Folder 1. Correspondence, 1929-1938 Folder 2. Immigration, 1938 Folder 3. Photographs, circa 1920-1938

Subjects

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.