Schmidek family collection

Identifier: irn753159
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn753159

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Mark Schmidek.

Scope and Content

Consists of documents, photographs, correspondence, and passport pertaining to Julie Schlamme, Thekla Schlamme Schmidek, and Norbert Schmidek. Included is also documentation of the extended Schlamme and Schmidek families. The collection also includes an oral history interview with Inge Maerowitz.

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Schmidek family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn737359
- English
- 1922-1949
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consist of documents, black-and-white photographs, postcards, correspondence, identity documents, a passport, English translations, and newspaper clippings documenting the experiences of Julie Schlamme, Thekla Schlamme Schmidek, and Norbert Schmidek as they left Germany, moved through Western Europe, and immigrated to the United States in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The materials also document members of the extended Schlamme and Schmidek families. The majority of the papers were organized to convey the immigration stories of Julie, Thekla, and Norbert, and the word processed...
Oral history interview with Inge Maerowitz
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn753160
- English
- 2017
- 2 digital files, MP4
- Updated 1 year ago

Schmidek family collection

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Schmidek family papers

Oral history interview with Inge Maerowitz