Finding Aid for the Betty Sara Goetz emigration form collection 2019.003.h.r

Tiana Taliep
Oskar Schindler Archives
5/1/2019


Contributing Institution: Oskar Schindler Archives
Title: Betty Sara Goetz emigration form collection
Identifier/Call Number: 2019.003.h.r
Physical Description: 1 Item
Date: 1940-12-02
Condition Description: This item is in fair condition. The document is has been adhered to cardboard; the document is in a fragile state that it would be harmful to the item if attempting to remove it from the cardboard. The donor mentioned that the item was like this when he received it.
Abstract: This item is an addendum to a German emigration form vouching that the person has no unpaid taxes. Betty Sara Goetz completed the form on December 2, 1940; the form provides Goetz tax number, an indication of her identification card, and that Nazi Germany did not have a concern for her taxes.
Language of Material: English .

Content Description

This item is an addendum to a German emigration form vouching that the person has no unpaid taxes. Betty Sara Goetz completed the form on December 2, 1940; the form provides Goetz tax number, an indication of her identification card, and that Nazi Germany did not have a concern for her taxes.

Biographical / Historical

Betty Sara Goetz was born on February 6, 1901, in Krumbach. Krumbach is a town in the district Günzburg in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. This form is an addendum to a German emigration form vouching that the person emigrating has no unpaid taxes. In Nazi Germany, the officials did everything they could to take from the emigrants and their finances. Goetz completed the form on December 2, 1940; the document classifies Goetz has no tax concerns with the government. She departed from Lisbon, Portugal on the Excalibur ship, Goetz arrived at Ellis Island on August 25, 1941, at the age of 40. She passed away in February 1978, at the age of 77; her last residence was New York City.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Jeff Barack.

Preferred Citation

[Item title/description; Box number/ Folder number] Betty Sara Goetz emigration form collection (2018.003.h.r), Oskar Schindler Arhive, Chapman University, CA.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War (1939-1945)
World War (1939-1945) -- Women
Holocaust survivors -- History -- 20th Century
Women and war
Jewish women in the Holocaust
Jewish refugees--United States--History--20th century.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany