Margaret StraussBerman Family Collection 1898-2005

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Margaret StraussBerman Family Collection 1898-2005

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This collectionholds the papers of members of Margaret Strauss Berman's family in several towns inthe Palatinate. It is primarily composed of personal documents, like photographs,biographical texts and a diary, and it contains also some newspaper clippings and aflyer.

0.25 linear ft.

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Leo Baeck Institute.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6346462

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Strauß, Ludwig, 1892-1953

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Weinberger, Siegmund

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Berman, Margaret Strauss, 1922-

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Margaret Strauss Berman was born as a daughter of Flora Behr and Karl Strauss in Speyer, Germany in 1922. In later years the family moved to Neustadt an der Weinstraβe, where Karl Strauss taught mathematics and physics at the local school. After 1935 he had to leave school because of a new Nazi legal measure. In 1938, when Margaret was no longer allowed to attend school, her parents sent her to Newark, New Jersey. In the very same year her father Karl Strauss was arrested during the...