Heinz Praeger papers

Heinz Praeger papers 

Heinz Praeger papers 

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The Heinz Praeger papers include biographical materials, photographs, and printed materials documenting Heinz Praeger, his prewar life in Germany, and his wartime years as a refugee with his wife and son in Shanghai. Biographical materials include three copies of a brief biography of Heinz Praeger by Michael Carlon describing Praeger’s childhood in Berlin, antisemitic persecution in the 1930s, his imprisonment in Dachau after Kristallnacht, his relocation to Shanghai, meeting and marrying his wife, the birth of their son, the family’s immigration to the United States, and their lives in New England. This series also includes a handful of identification papers documenting Praeger and his wife before they left Europe. Photographs include an album containing images of prewar German towns including Kitzingen, Iphofen, Mainbernheim, Sulzfeld am Main, and Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Loose photographs document Praeger’s life in Shanghai and include images of his wife and son. This series also includes three images of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Printed materials include two Japanese publications (one with an advertisement for Praeger on page 429), a page from the Shanghai Jewish Chronicle announcing the birth of Praeger’s son; and a 1993 clipping about the Kitzingen synagogue. 

The Heinz Praeger papers are arranged in three series: Series 1: Biographical materials, 1934-1939, circa 1997-2018 Series 2: Photographs, circa 1918-1960 Series 3: Printed materials, circa 1939-1945, 1993