Alfred and Hertha Friedheim collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Family of Alfred and Hertha Friedheim.
Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by the family of Alfred and Hertha Friedheim.
Scope and Content
Diaries kept by Alfred and Hertha Friedheim, with some loose documents inserted between pages; dated 1939-1941; in French and English. The Friedheims were passengers on board the MS St. Louis in May 1939. When the ship returned to Europe they disembarked in France, and were in the Rieucros concentration camp in Lozere, France before getting American visas. They set sail in May 1941 on board the SS Winnipeg, but were detained in Port of Spain, Trinidad after the ship was commandeered by the Dutch navy. While in Port of Spain, their US visas expired. They were successful in getting their visas renewed and received the necessary funds to pay for their passage. The Friedheims immigrated to the United States on board the SS Argentina arriving in New York on November 14, 1941.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Beverly Licata
Corporate Bodies
- Winnipeg (Steamship)
- St. Louis (Ship)
Genre
- Diaries.
- Document