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Herta Silberman Rapp family papers, 1933-1996.
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Title:

Herta Silberman Rapp family papers, 1933-1996
Herta and Martin Rapp papers

Creator/Contributor:

Rapp, Herta Silbermann, 1915-1999, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Rapp, Martin, 1912-1989

Creator/Contributor:

Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 2000.018.

Creator/Contributor:

Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

The collection consists of the identity, immigration, and citizenship papers of Herta and Martin Rapp. Also contains an essay written by Herta entitled, "Description of my coming to Bolivia, South America."

Date:

1933 (issued)

Subject:

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Jews, German -- California
Jewish women -- California
Juifs allemands -- Californie
Juives -- Californie
Emigration and immigration
Jewish women
Jews, German
Travel
Germany -- Emigration and immigration
United States -- Emigration and immigration
Bolivia -- Description and travel
Allemagne -- Émigration et immigration
Bolivie -- Descriptions et voyages
Bolivia
California
Germany
United States
Rapp, Herta Silbermann -- 1915-1999 -- Archives

Note:

Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 2000.018.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Herta Silbermann Rapp fled Germany in 1939 with her first husband, Walter Fabian, and went to Bolivia. While in Bolivia, Herta met her second husband Martin Rapp. They married in 1946 and, together, immigrated to the United States in 1954.
Materials in English, German, and Spanish.
Preferred citation: Herta Silberman Rapp family papers, BANC MSS 2010/542, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

citizenship papers.
immigration records.
Archives.

Physical Description:

print
1 folder.

Language:

English
German
Spanish

Identifier:

2008579683

Origin:

California

Related Item:

Description of my coming to Bolivia, South America