us-005578-irn508713
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Leonard A. Lauder (1933- ) is the chairman emeritus of Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and the son of the company’s co-founders, Joseph and Estée Lauder. He served as a lieutenant in the navy before formally joining Estée Lauder in 1958. He served as president of the company from 1972 to 1995, as chief executive officer from 1982 to 1999, and chairman from 1995-2009.
has beginning date: 1890-01-01
has end date: 1994-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 701
has or had subject: 177
has or had subject: 341
has or had subject: 803
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn508713
record resource extent: boxes 4
record resource structure: The Leonard Lauder collection is arranged as seven series: I. Georg Hirschberg papers, 1890-1948 (bulk 1939-1943), II. Helmrich Heilmann correspondence, 1937-1942, III. Hugo Simoni correspondence, 1944, IV. Chiune and Yukiko Sugihara materials, 1992-1994, V. Printed materials, 1893-1957 (bulk approximately 1920-1942), VI. Photographic materials, approximately 1940, VII. Banknotes, proof of Aryan descent, and stamps, 1922-1949
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The Leonard Lauder collection consists of materials documenting anti‐Semitism in Germany in the first half of the 20th century, particularly during the Nazi era, that Lauder acquired from private vendors. The collection includes the Georg Hirschberg papers, Helmrich Heilmann correspondence, Hugo Simon correspondence, Chiune and Yukiko Sugihara materials, printed materials, photographic materials, banknotes, a proof of Aryan descent document, and commemorative stamps. The Georg Hirschberg papers contain professional credentials, military papers, correspondence, announcements, and notices documenting Georg Hirschberg (1866‐1943), his medical training and establishment as a surgeon at the turn of the century, his military service during World War I, and the increasing restrictions placed on Jews and Jewish doctors in Germany during World War II. The Helmrich Heilmann correspondence consists of postcards and letters from Sachsenhausen and Flossenbürg prisoner Heinrich Heilmann (1907‐?) to his parents in Bremen. Heilmann was a German electrician who had been arrested on criminal charges. In the concentration camps, he wore a green triangle badge and acted as capo. In July 1942 he was transferred to Auschwitz, where he proved himself useful to the Nazis, and in 1953 he was convicted in Bremen for murder and manslaughter committed at the Auschwitz subcamp at Golleschau. The Hugo Simoni correspondence consists of postcards Hugo Simoni (1865‐?) sent his son and two women to thank them for packages they send him at Theresienstadt as well as postal certificates documenting the packages that were sent. Simoni had been deported to Theresienstadt from Berlin in March 1944 and survived at the camp until its liberation. The Chiune and Yukiko Sugihara materials include Yukiko Sugihara’s manuscript Visas to a New Life for 6,000 People, which appears to be an early version of her book Visas for Life, a brochure from the Sempo Sugihara Memorial Foundation, and a photocopy of a Reader’s…
title: Leonard Lauder collection