Reinhold and Singer families papers

Reinhold and Singer families papers 

Reinhold and Singer families papers 

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The Reinhold and Singer families papers are comprised of biographical materials, a cookbook, correspondence, photographs, and printed materials documenting Feodora Reinhold Singer’s family in Germany, her departure via Kindertransport to England, Robert Singer’s family in Austria, his stay in the Merksplas internment camp in Belgium, and their immigration to the United States. Biographical materials include World War I era military records, education and employment records, marriage certificates, passports, identification cards, naturalization papers, and Feodora Singer’s personal narrative. Materials also include Mannheim land registry records documenting Julius Reinhold’s acquisition of his bakery and apartment building and legal documents regarding Rosa Reinhold’s estate, the restoration of the property to Julius Reinhold’s heirs through restitution proceedings, and the subsequent sale of the property. The cookbook dates from before World War II and contains handwritten recipes in German. Correspondence includes postcards and empty envelopes documenting the exchange of news among Reinhold family members and friends and a telegram, letter, and notes among the Singer family. The Reinholds’ correspondents include Julius Reinhold’s brothers Siegfried and Emil, Jeanne Reinhold’s brother‐in‐law Bernd Vorenberg, Rosa Reinhold’s aunt Sofie Stern, and a boyfriend of Feodora Reinhold’s incarcerated at Gurs. Some of the postcards document Feodora and Ruth Reinhold’s time at Bunce Court School. The Singers’ correspondence documents Robert Singer’s arrival in New York and Josef Singer’s incarceration at Saint Cyprien. Correspondence files also include promissory notes documenting debts owed to Julius Reinhold by his brother‐in‐law Max Beer and correspondence with Beer regarding his inability to pay. Photographs depict Reinhold and Singer family members and friends and document their pre‐war lives in Germany and Austria, Rosa Reinhold’s and Flora Beer’s gravestones, Josef and Robert Singer’s time at the Merksplas internment camp, Josef and Adele Singer’s stay at the Babut vineyard in Montpellier, and the families’ lives in the United States. Some of the individuals photographed include Julius, Jeanne, Ruth, and Feodora Reinhold; Josef, Adele, and Robert Singer; Adele Singer’s parents Leo and Malvine Grünberger, brother Louis, and sister Hellen with her husband Heinz; Flora Beer; Sofie Stern; Irma and Bernd Vorenberg; Charles and Helen Yurman; Madame Babut; the Langer family. Printed materials include a memorial brochure on the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht in Mannheim and a photocopy of a newspaper clipping about the Kindertransports. 

The Reinhold and Singer families papers are arranged as five series: I. Biographical materials, 1910-approximately 1999, II. Cookbook, approximately 1930s, III. Correspondence, 1908-1946, IV. Photographs, approximately 1880-1976, V. Printed materials, approximately 1988-1996