us-005578-irn39620
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Werner Siegbert Oster (1916-1988) was born on 15 October 1916 in Westerburg, Germany to Ferdinand (b. 1881) and Rosa (née Ullmann, b. 1891) Oster. He had one sister, Gisela Ingeborg (b. 1926). The family lived in Boppard, Germany were Ferdinand worked as a butcher. Werner was imprisoned in Dachau following Kristallnacht and released in February 1939. He immigrated to the United States in May 1939 aboard the SS Washington. He settled in Portland, Oregon and married Ann Goldfoot (1912-1972) in 1940. They had five daughters: Harriett, Darlene, Frances, Rose, and Sandra. Werner's parents and sister all perished during the Holocaust.
has beginning date: 1940-01-01
has end date: 1944-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 904
has or had subject: 843
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn39620
record resource extent: folder 1
record resource structure: The collection is arranged as a single series.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The collection consists of correspondence of the Oster family of Boppard, Germany. Included are letters sent to Werner Oster, who immigrated to the United States in 1939, from his parents Ferdinand and Rosa Oster and sister Gisela Oster in Boppard; letters to Werner from “Aunt Alice and Uncle Erns" in Westerburg, Germany; and letters from Rosa and Ferdinand Oster to Elma Katz in Brussels, Belgium.
title: Werner Siegbert Oster collection