us-005578-irn41472
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Martha Holzmann and her twin sister Erna Holzmann (later Steckerl) were born in Vienna on April 27, 1907. They had one older sister, Irma Holzmann (later Farkas), born approximately 1904. The three sisters were the daughters of Sigmund and Mathilda (Engel) Holzmann. Sigmund was a highly decorated WWI veteran, who was awarded the Austrian Cross of Valor, and was permanently disabled as a result of his service. It was Mathilde’s second marriage; she was a widow with one son, Otto Engel. Shortly after the Anschluss, Martha married Wilhelm Braun and immigrated to the United States. Not long after her arrival, she divorced Mr. Braun and later married Frank Deutscher. Both of Martha’s sisters also immigrated to the United States, her sister Erna arriving in 1940. Their parents perished in Auschwitz. Erna married Alex Steckerl, a Holocaust survivor who died of cancer a few years after his arrival to the United States.
has beginning date: 1921-01-01
has end date: 1960-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: heb
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn41472
record resource extent: folders oversize boxes 2 2
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of photographs and documents related to Martha Holzmann Braun, originally of Vienna, Austria. Includes pre-war family photographs; birth, marriage and divorce certificates; post-war naturalization and identity documents; a Reisepass for Martha's sister, Erna Holzmann Steckerl; and photographs of Erna with her husband, Alex. Also includes a prayer book presented to Erna Holzmann in 1921.
title: Holzmann family papers