Bachrach and Steinhardt families collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Steinhardt family
Biographical History
Enny Bachrach Steinhardt was born in 1907 in Vacha, Germany. Siegfried Steinhardt was born in 1902 in Vienna, Austria. Each immigrated to Bolivia where they met and were married. Their daughter Evelyn was born in La Paz in 1943.Enny's father, Louis Bachrach, was a World War I veteran.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elizabeth McCoomb
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Elizabeth McCoomb
Scope and Content
Photographs and biographical materials documenting the experiences of Enny Bachrach and her husband Siegfried Steinhardt. Photographs include WWI images of Louis Bachrach, Enny’s father, in his battalion and in a field hospital, and later undated images of various family members. Biographical materials include birth certificates for Siegfried Steinhardt, Enny Bachrach, Evelina Steinhardt, and two immigration documents issued to Enny Bachrach from civil authorities in Eisenach, Germany and the Bolivian consulate in Hamburg. Also included is a Jewish wedding certificate (ketubah) for Enny and Siegfried’s ketubah, issued in Bolivia, and an empty cover for a German passport.
People
- Bachrach, Louis.
- Steinhardt, Siegfried.
- Steinhardt, Enny.
- Steinhardt, Evelyn.
Subjects
- Jewish refugees--Bolivia.
- Vacha (Germany)
- Jews--Germany--Thuringia.
Genre
- Document