Winter family collection

Identifier: irn88597
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn88597

Acquisition

THe collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Marianne Selinger.

Scope and Content

Documents, correspondence, photographs, and certificate illustrating the experiences of Marianne Winter, a refugee from Nazi occupied Austria, who fled with her parents Max and Anna and her brother Stephan. Included are letters to Jane Bomberger in Reading, PA who was Marianne's pen pal since 1935 and whose parents assisted the Winters in immigrating to the United States. Also included are pre-war images of Winter's family, report cards for Marianne, materials documenting Marianne's participation in competitive swimming for Hakoach.

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Certificate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn594547
- English
- overall: Height: 12.598 inches (31.999 cm) | Width: 9.449 inches (24 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Swimming cerificate issued to Marianne Winter for a 200 m. competition, October 31, 1937.
Winter family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597065
- English
- box 1
- Updated 9 months ago
The collection documents the experiences of Max and Anna Winter, along with their children Marianne and Stephen, who fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938 and immigrated to the United States in 1939 with the assistance of Joseph Bomberger, the father of Marianne’s pen pal Jane Bomberger in Reading, PA. The collection consists of immigration paperwork for the Winter family, including Austrian and Czechoslovakian passports, affidavits, and ship tickets; correspondence between the Winters and Bombergers; a small amount of biographical material related to Marianne; and photographs. Also included i...

Winter family collection

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Certificate

Winter family papers