Tauber Holocaust Library
Guide to Fischel family papers
1988.1117
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Tauber Holocaust Library
- Creator
- Fischel, Kurt
- Title
- Fischel family papers
- ID
- 1988.1117
- Date [bulk]
- Bulk, 1938-1947
- Date [inclusive]
- 1906-1958
- Extent
- 2.0 Folder(s)
- Language
- Multiple languages
- Mixed materials [Folder]
- Archives Box 2
- Abstract
- This collection comprises certificates, working papers and passports of several members of the Fischel family, and documents the experiences of this family of German Jews who fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai, China and Palestine.
Preferred Citation note
Fischel family papers – 1988.1117, Tauber Holocaust Library – JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California
Biographical/Historical note
Kurt Fischel was born on August 17, 1905 in Breslau, Germany. He was living in Berlin when he fled Germany in February 1939 for Shanghai, China, where he spent the war years. In 1950, he was living in Cleveland, Ohio.
Franziska Peiser Fischel, his mother, was born on February 25, 1873 in Koschmin, and left Germany for Palestine in early February 1939.
Getrud Fischel, born September 14, 1897 in Breslau, Germany, emigrated to Palestine and applied for citizenship there in February 1940.
Hedwig Fischel was born December 12, 1893 in Breslau, Germany and emigrated to Palestine in February 1939.
Scope and Contents note
This collection comprises documents relating to the emigration of several members of the Fischel family, German Jews who fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai, China and Palestine. The documents include passports, certificates of birth, testimonies of employment, vaccination records, identification card, certificate of nationalization, employment-related documentation and records relating to post-war insurance compensation.
The majority of the documents are those of Kurt Fischel. They include employment and birth records, and identification cards issued in Shanghai, China. The collection also includes one certificate of naturalization for Palestine is for Getrude Fischel, and passports for Hedwig Fischel and Franziska Fischel.
The majority of the records were issued in 1935-1947, with the exception of two vaccination records for Kurt Fischel which are dated 1906 and 1907, and the insurance compensation documents which are dated 1958.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Tauber Holocaust Library
JFCS Holocaust Center2245 Post Street
San Francisco, CA, 94115
415-449-3717
[email protected]
Conditions Governing Access note
There are no restrictions to access for this collection.
Conditions Governing Use note
There are no restrictions to use for this collection.
Controlled Access Headings
Family Name(s)
- Fischel family
Genre(s)
- Birth certificates
- Certificates — Germany
- Family papers
- Naturalization records — Palestine
- Passports
Personal Name(s)
- Merenbach , Ronald
Subject(s)
- Jewish families — Germany
- Jewish ghettos — China — Shanghai
- Jewish refugees — China — Shanghai
- Vaccinations — Europe
- War damage compensation
Collection Inventory
Kurt Fischel documents 1906-1958 (Bulk, 1935-1947) |
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Vaccination certificates 1906, 1907 |
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Passport and workbook, Germany 1936-1938 |
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Employment and birth certificates, Germany 1935-1938 |
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Certificates and identification cards issued in Shanghai, China 1939-1947 |
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Post-war insurance compensation documents 1950-1958 |
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Gertrud Fischel Certificate of Naturalization, Goverment of Palestine 1940 |
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Franziska Fischel passport 1938 |
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Hedwig Fischel passport 1938 |
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