George and Lillian Friedmann Collection 1938-1983 bulk 1938-1941

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George and Lillian Friedmann Collection 1938-1983 bulk 1938-1941

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Documents and correspondence related to the Friedmanns' emigration from Germany and Cuba via the famous S. S. St. Louis (they were the only family whodisembarked in Cuba), as well as documents related to the freezing of their assets and Jewish forced contributions in Germany in 1939.

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Friedmann family

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Verband Bayerischer Israelitischer Gemeinden

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Friedman, George, 1897-1950

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Lillian née Bach and Georg Friedmann (later Friedman) married in 1930 and lived in Schwandorf, Bavaria, where they appear to have operated a clothing store. After the events of Kristallnacht Georg was temporarily sent to the Dachau camp, and Lillian and other family members were jailed for a short time. Afterwards, partially through the support of distant American relatives, they secured passage on the ship Orinoco, but decided to try to get a spot on the earlier S. S. St. Louis to Havana. Lilli...

Annenberg, Sadie

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Friedman, Lillian, 1906-

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Lillian née Bach and Georg Friedmann (later Friedman) married in 1930 and lived in Schwandorf, Bavaria, where they appear to have operated a clothing store. After the events of Kristallnacht Georg was temporarily sent to the Dachau camp, and Lillian and other family members were jailed for a short time. Afterwards, partially through the support of distant American relatives, they secured passage on the ship Orinoco, but decided to try to get a spot on the earlier S. S. St. Louis to Havana. Lilli...

St. Louis (Ship)

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The German steamship, the St Louis, left Hamburg with 930 Jewish refugees on board on 13 May 1939. Its passengers had valid immigration visas to Cuba stamped in their passports. When the ship arrived at Havana, the refugees were refused entry. The ship was turned back to Europe, where its passengers, after much negotiation were permitted to land in English and Western European ports. Those caught up by the Nazi invasion ultimately met their deaths a year later in the Holocaust....

Bayerische Vereinsbank

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Hamburg-American Line

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J. Friedmann Modehaus (Schwandorf, Bavaria)

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Annenberg family

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