Schulz family collection

Identifier: irn724345
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn724345

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Sandy Schussel.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Torah Scrol from synagogue in Altona, Germany, carried when the Schulz family were forced to emigrate from Nazi Germany to Switzerland in 1939 as well as identification cards, passports, and correspondence documenting the Schulz family in Altona [Hamburg], Germany and their efforts to flee Nazi Germany.

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Schulz family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn739540
- English
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Comprised primarily of correspondence between the Schulz, Gitter, and Plesser family members as well as correspondence and identity documentation, such as Polish passports and U.S. naturalization certificates, for the Schulz family, including Josef and Hinda (nee Gitter) Schulz and their son, Moritz (Moses) Schulz. The documents capture their immigration experience as they were deported to Poland in October 1938 and then returned to Hamburg, Germany. They fled Nazi Germany for Switzerland in 1939 where they resided before leaving for Uruguay in 1945 and then immigrating to New York in 1947.
Partially written Torah scroll carried by the Schulz family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn739541
- English
- 1939
- overall: Height: 22.343 inches (56.751 cm) | Diameter: 8.661 inches (21.999 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Torah scroll, partially written, from synagogue in Altona, Germany (now Hamburg-Altona). It was carried with the Schulz family, namely Hinda Schulz and her son Moritz, when they were forced to immigrate from Nazi Germany to Switzerland in 1939.

Schulz family collection

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Schulz family papers

Partially written Torah scroll carried by the Schulz family