Blumenthal family papers

Blumenthal family papers 

Blumenthal family papers 

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The Blumenthal family papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, emigration and immigration papers, and photographs documenting the Blumenthal family from Hüttengesäß; Albert, Alice, and Ellen Blumenthal’s immigration to the United States before World War II; and Bernhard Blumenthal’s deportation to Theresienstadt during the Holocaust. Biographical materials include Albert Blumenthal’s identification papers and World War I military papers; Alice and Ellen Blumenthal’s immunization records; tracing documents attesting to Bernhard Blumenthal’s imprisonment and deportation; a copy of Sophie Blumenthal’s birth certificate; real estate records documenting Blumenthal family property in Hüttengesäß; photocopies of French travel papers documenting Suzanne Jacoby’s stay in France and eventual immigration to the United States with her parents, Otto and Regina Jacoby; and photocopies of tracing materials documenting the deportations of Ilse, Leopold, and Susanne Löwy, and Hans, Irma, Anna, and Kurt Gerstl to Theresienstadt and beyond. (It is unclear how the Jacoby, Löwy, and Gerstl families related to the Blumenthal family.) Correspondence includes letters from Bernhard Blumenthal and Josef Sinsheimer in Wolfenbüttel and Frankfurt am Main to Albert Blumenthal asking for help emigrating, fearing deportation, and reporting on their health and news from family members and friends. This series also includes two postwar letters from Hüttengesäß acquaintances describing events during the Holocaust and reporting on postwar life in Germany. Emigration and immigration papers document the Blumenthal family’s immigration to the United States and include affidavits of support from Marion Berkley, Julian Kahn, and Samuel J. Bloomingdale; German certificates clearing the Blumenthal family for emigration; luggage inventory and insurance documents; and a preliminary citizenship application for Albert Blumenthal. The collection includes a copy print of a photograph of Bernhard, Sophie, Theodor, and Julia Blumenthal with Theodor and Julia’s sons in approximately 1939 and a photograph of Tana Henle, the daughter of family friends of Albert and Alice Blumenthal. The Henles perished in the Holocaust because although Tana’s parents had visas, they were not able to obtain a visa for baby Tana. 

The Blumenthal family papers are arranged as four series: I. Biographical materials, 1901-approximately 1993 (bulk 1901-1956), II. Correspondence, 1939-1949, III. Emigration and immigration papers, 1938-1939, IV. Photographs, approximately 1939