us-005578-irn73429-irn90822
identifier: irn90822
title: Marchen Quartett deck of fairy tale cards with box brought with a German Jewish refugee
biographical history: Anneliese Centawer was born on January 10, 1930, to James and Recha Huetzler (Hützler) Centawer in Nuremberg, Germany. Her mother Recha was born on June 23, 1891, in Huettenbach, Germany, to Moritz (1840-1922) and Amalie Selig Huetzler (1857-1918.) Recha had four younger brothers and nine half-siblings from her father’s first marriage to Babette Talman. Recha was part of a very wealthy and large, extended family which owned several department stores and extensive financial holdings. Several family members immigrated to the United States in the 1880s. Recha’s father was a cattle dealer. Anneliese’s father James was born on July 21, 1888, in Nuremburg to Moritz (1830-1920) and Marie Gutmann Centawer (1854-1932.) His father operated a shoestore. James had a sister Henriette. James was a lieutenant in the German Army during World War I (1914-1918.) He then became the European trade representative for an electrical company that manufactured transformers. James and Recha married on August 17, 1924, and settled in Nuremberg. After the January 1933 appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany, the Nazi dictatorship enacted plans to persecute Jews and exclude them from German society. Anneliese attended the Israelitsche Folkshul and was taught German and Jewish subjects. Antisemitism increased and, on one occasion, Anneliese was beaten by a member of the Hitler Youth who, because of her red hair and freckles, accused Anneliese of trying to pretend to be a German. In 1936, the family had to move because their block was declared Judenfrei [Free of Jews.] In March 1938, with sponsorship by three of Recha's half-siblings in the US, the family received American visas. Anneliese and her parents sailed from Hamburg on the Manhattan and arrived on July 7, 1938, in New York. The family settled in the Bronx in New York City. During the war, Anneliese’s father James worked for the US Office of War Information in the censorship bureau and then for the US Treasury Department. The…
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scope and content: Marchen Quartett, a boxed deck of 40 cards for a fairy tale matching game brought with 8 year old Anneliese Centawer when she and her parents James and Recha fled Nazi Germany in July 1938. After Hitler and the Nazi regime's seizure of power in 1933, the Jewish population was subjected to increasingly harsh persecution. In 1936, Anneliese's family was forced to move from their home in Nuremberg when their block was declared Judenfrei (Free of Jews.) Anneliese was beaten up on the street by a Hitler Youth who accused the freckled, red haired girl of trying to pass for German. In July 1938, with sponsorship from Recha's half-siblings in the US, the family arrived in New York.
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physical characteristics and technical requirements: 7a. Rectangular, telescoping cardboard box lid with treated green paper covering the exterior. Adhered to the top exterior is a paper label with a colorful fairy tale scene from 1 of the cards, a dark haired woman smiling at a table of little men with tall cone hats, Schneewittchen [Snow White], and German text. Some corners are detaching. 7b. Rectangular cardboard box base covered with treated green paper with glossy white paper glued on the bottom. The lid rests upon a small lip at the bottom when closed. There is a removable, cardboard insert with a cloth string threaded through the center to protect the boxed cards. 7c-ap. Intact deck of 40 oversize, rectangular laminated cards depicting 10 fairy tales, 4 cards per story. The front of each card has a symbol, the title, and a different subtitle, above a colorful illustration of a scene from the fairy tale. The back has a blue and white pattern of repeating triangles and the publisher’s logo: Spear within a cross within a circle. 7c-f. Hansel and Gretel 4 card set: symbol, an orange cookie with a face; title, Hansel und Gretel; subtitles: (7c) A1. Im Walde verirrt. [Lost in the woods.] (7d) A2. Vor dem Hexenhaus. [In front of the Witch’s house.] (7e) A3. Hansel im Gansestall. [Hansel in the Goose coop.] (7f) A4. Die Heimkehr. [The return home.] 7g-j. Snow White 4 card set: symbol, an orange apple; title, Schneewittchen; subtitles: (7g) B1. Bei den sieben Zwergen. [With the seven Dwarves.] (7h) B2. Die eitle und bose Stiefmutter. [The vain and evil stepmother.] (7i) B3. Der vergiftete Apfel. [The poisoned apple.] (7j) B4. Der Prinz. [The Prince.] 7k-n. Sleeping Beauty 4 card set: symbol, a pink rose; title, Dornroschen; subtitles: (7k) C1. Die Alte in der Turmstube. [The old woman in the tower room.] (7l) C2. Dornroschen sticht sich in den Finger. [Sleeping Beauty pricks her finger.] (7m) C3. Dornroschen im Zauberschlaf. [Sleeping Beauty in the enchanted sleep.] (7n) C4. Der rettende Prinz. [The rescuing prince.] 7…
archival history: The playing cards were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Anneliese Marx.
date: 1938 July
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
record resource extent: a: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Depth: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) b: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Depth: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) c-ap: Height: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) aq: Height: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Width: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm)
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