us-005578-irn35995
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
has beginning date: 1940-01-01
has end date: 1940-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had subject: 686
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn35995
record resource extent: folder 1
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of one typed memoir, 75 pages, entitled"My Life in Germany, before and after January 30th, 193", by Erna Prehn Albersheim, who was born in the United States and lived in Frankfurt, Germany until January 27, 1939. The memoir, which is dated March 13, 1940, describes life in Germany during and after World War I, post-war inflation, Hitler's rise to power, the April 1933 boycott, the rise of antisemitism and anti-Jewish legislation and how these affected her life and late husband's business. She and her daughter managed to immigrate to the United States in early 1939.
title: "My Life in Germany, before and after January 30th, 193"