Annelise B. Hoffman papers

Annelise B. Hoffman papers 

Annelise B. Hoffman papers 

box oversize folders 1 2 

Contains diplomas, certificates, correspondence, support affidavits, genealogical data and family trees, photographs, and a scrapbook relating to the experiences of the Bernhardt family, Ernst, Ella, and their children Erika, Annelise, and Hans, of Berlin, Germany, during the early years of the Third Reich and their process of emigration to the United States. The collection also contains several photographs and letters relating to Ella Moses Bernhardt's mother, Ida Moses, who perished in Theresienstadt during the Holocaust. The materials in the collection range in date from 1905 to1998. The bulk of the materials date from circa 1938 to 1942. The scrapbook, compiled during the 1980s, contains photographs dating as early as the 1870s. 

Organized in the following order: 1. Bernhardt, Hoffman, and Moses family scrapbook, ca. 1980; 2. Diplomas, certificates, and other official documents for Ernst Bernhardt, 1905-1940; 3. Affidavits of support for Bernhardt family members, 1938-1939; 4. Correspondence, 1938-1942; 5. Bernhardt and Hoffman family genealogical information, ca. 1980-1998; 6. Miscellaneous photographs, 1930s-1960s