us-005578-irn518974
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Manfred Kurt Manasse (Fred) was born on 27 July 1935 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany to Alfred Manasse and Trude Lieblich Manasse. Alfred (1895-1942) was born in Thalheim, German to Gustav and Elise (née Mannheimer) Manasse, and his family worked as cattle farmers in Thalheim. He owned a small shoe factory in Offenbach, outside of Frankfurt. Trude (b. 1904) was born in Baden-Baden, Germany. Her family owned a hotel in Baden-Baden and some of her relatives lived in Strasbourg. Fred had one older brother, Gustav (b. 1931), and one younger sister, Miriam (b. 1937). Alfred’s brother Julius, his wife Hilda, and their son Kurt immigrated to the United States in the 1938, but as a leader in the Frankfurt Jewish community, he was reluctant to leave. During Kristallnacht, the Manasse’s witnessed their synagogue burn down, and Alfred was briefly imprisoned at Buchenwald. After Kristallnacht, Alfred began planning to emigrate, and he arranged for Fred and Gustav to go on a Kindertransport to Belgium. They stayed in a children’s home in Brussels. Trude refused to leave Germany, and remained in Frankfurt with Miriam and Alfred’s mother while Alfred left Germany aboard the MS. St. Louis in May 1939. After Cuba denied entry to the passengers of the ship and the St. Louis was forced to return to Europe, Alfred disembarked in Belgium so that he could be near his sons. He hoped his wife and daughter would be able to join them in Brussels, but after the start of World War I in September they were unable to leave Germany. On 10 May 1940 Germany invaded Belgium. Fred and Gustav went on a children's convoy to France and eventually arrived at the Chateau de la Hille, which was under the protection of the Swiss Red Cross. Alfred was deported to the Gurs internment camp. While in Gurs he reunited with Trude's father Philip Lieblisch and his sister and brother-in-law Liesl and Theodor Rosenthal. On one occasion Fred and Gustav were able to briefly visit their father in the camp. In August 1942…
has beginning date: 1933-01-01
has end date: 1945-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn518974
record resource extent: folder 1
record resource structure: The collection is arranged as a single series.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The collection primarily consists of photographs depicting the Holocaust-era experiences of Manfred Manasse (Fred), originally of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, including pre-war and wartime photographs of his parents Alfred and Trude Manasse and his sister Miriam, all of whom perished in the Holocaust. Other photographs include depictions of Fred and his brother Gustav in an orphanage in Lisbon, Portugal waiting to immigrate to the United States, having previously fled Germany on a Kindertransport. Documents include Fred’s immigration visa, affidavit in lieu of passport, and alien registration receipt card.
title: Fred Manasse collection