Edwin Bergmann collection

Identifier: irn78465
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Margaret Lambert, the daughter of Edwin Bergmann.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Star of David badge and an identity card relating to the experiences of Edwin Bergmann in Germany during the Holocaust.

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Edwin "Israel" Bergmann Kennkarte
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn88134
- English
- 1939
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Identity card: "Kennkarte" [Jewish idenity card] issued to Edwin "Israel" Bergmann (donor's father) in Biberach a.d. Riss (Baden-Württemberg), Germany on January 20, 1939.
Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Jude, acquired by a German Jewish man
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn88135
- English
- overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Factory-printed Star of David badge acquired by Edwin Bergmann. On September 1, 1941, all Jews in the Reich six years of age or older were required to wear a badge, which consisted of a yellow Star of David with a black-outline and the word “Jew” printed inside the star in German. The badge was used to stigmatize and control the Jewish population. Edwin Bergmann, his brother, and two cousins were partners in a successful family business that manufactured hairpieces in Laupheim, Germany. After the Nazi party took control of the German government in January 1933, anti-Jewish decrees were pass...

Edwin Bergmann collection

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Edwin "Israel" Bergmann Kennkarte

Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Jude, acquired by a German Jewish man