Walter and Erna Brunell papers

Walter and Erna Brunell papers 

Walter Brunell (1891-1962) and his wife Erna lived in Cologne, Germany where they experienced anti-Semitic persecution following the Nazi rise to power following 1933. They had two children; Adele lived in England from 1939 to 1944, while Ernst immigrated to the United States in 1939. While living in Cologne, Walter corresponded with various relatives in the United States, as well as Jewish aid organizations in an attempt to work with the American consulate and obtain a visa to immigrate to the U.S. They traveled from Berlin to Lisbon in 1941 in an attempt to emigrate, but could not leave. They instead moved to Barcelona for a year until they could obtain the appropriate paperwork and immigrated to the United States in 1942. 

Walter and Erna Brunell papers