Zweigenthal family collection

Zweigenthal family collection 

Zweigenthal family collection 

folder 1 

Contains of letters, black and white photographs, a Sauf Conduit pass for Robert Zweigenthal, and 8 legal documents pertaining to the escape of Robert Zweigenthal, his wife, Elizabeth Aigner Zweigenthal, and her mother, Caroline (Carolina) Aigner, from France through Portugal to the United States. Includes copies of two letters written in 1941 by Sara Delano Roosevelt, the mother of President Franklin Roosevelt, requesting that assistance be given to members of the Aigner family. The photographs depict life on the ship traveling from Portugal to the United States.