Walter Feibelman papers

Identifier
irn72894
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.134.10
  • 1997.A.0183
  • 1998.21
Dates
1 Jan 1917 - 31 Dec 1993, 1 Jan 1917 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

10

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Walter Feibelman (1925-2004) was born Walter Feibelmann in Berlin to Bernhard Feibelmann (1888-?) and Dora Metzger Feibelmann (1892-1963). He immigrated to the United States with his family in 1941. His sister, Miriam Yogev, settled in Jerusalem. Walter’s aunt and uncle Addi and Otto Feibelmann were deported to Łódź in 1941 and perished. His aunt Emma Feibelman Klein was deported to Majdanek in 1942 and perished. Walter became an astronomer and discovered Saturn’s E Ring.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Walter Feibelman

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Walter Feibelman donated the Walter Feibelman papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996, 1997, and 1998. The accessions previously numbered 1997.A.0183 and 1998.21 have been incorporated into this collection.

Scope and Content

The Walter Feibelman papers consist of biographical materials and subject files documenting the Feibelmann family’s life in Berlin, immigration to the United States, and postwar search for their lost relatives. Biographical materials include military records documenting Bernhard Feibelmann’s World War I service, Walter’s student records, his parents’ passports, and tracing documents following Otto and Addi Feibelmann and Emma Klein. Subject files include a photograph of the Theodor Herzl Schule, Hamburg- American Line records about the Feibelmanns’ passage to America, ration tickets for bread, two empty envelopes, and Walter’s personal memories of his childhood in Berlin and immigration to America, "Some Personal Recollections of the Years 1933-1941."

System of Arrangement

The Walter Feibelman papers are arranged as 2 series: I. Biographical materials, 1917-1949, II. Subject files, 1939-1993 (bulk 1939-1941)

People

Subjects

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.