us-005578-irn723442
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Ruth Wanderer Biheller and other members of her family survived the Holocaust in hiding in Brzezany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). After liberation by the Russian Army in the summer of 1944, the family made an unsuccessful attempt to immigrate to Palestine. The family entered Aschau displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany, ca. September. 1945 and finally immigrated to the United States in June 1951.
date: approximately 1939-1965
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 2
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: heb
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn723442
record resource extent: folders oversize box 3 1
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of Wanderer family photographs, copies of the Biheller family tree, and restitution-related papers that primarily relate to the donor's mother, Ruth Wanderer Biheller (1935-2020) with some documentation capturing the Wanderer family's experience in the Aschau displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany after they survived the Holocaust in hiding in Brzeżany, Poland (currently Berez︠h︡any, Ukraine). They immigrated to the United States in 1951. Identification documents, such as an Israeli passport and Palestinian identity card, for Ruth's husband, Hans Josef Biheller (Joseph Biheller, 1927-1993) and his father, Erich Biheller, respectively, are also included.
title: Wanderer and Biheller families collection