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USHMM, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies � 272
3 linear feet
NOTE: For additional materials from the Baltimore Emergency Committee, see RG-
28.12 below.
RG-28.011 Erwin Marx Papers, 1937–1970
This collection contains portions of a diary and correspondence between Erwin Marx and
various reparation agencies in Germany. Also included are newspaper clippings relating
to reparations after World War II. Marx was a prisoner in Dachau concentration camp
from November to December 1938. He later lived as a political refugee in Shanghai,
China, from 1939 to 1946, when he immigrated to the United States.
Provenance: Source of acquisition is Ruth Kraemer.
Languages: German and English
2 linear inches
Finding Aids: Folder title list
RG-28.012 Baltimore Emergency Committee Records, 1961–1982
This collection contains information about the Baltimore Emergency Committee,
specifically the postwar claims of Baltimore-area former European Jews who sought
restitution from the West German government and from some of its courts for losses
suffered during Nazi rule. The claimants served as court witnesses to Nazi atrocities,
especially in Poland. Also included is information about war crimes, war criminals,
concentration camps, survivors, the expropriation of Jewish property, the persecution of
Jews, and Auschwitz.
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) of
Baltimore, Inc., via Ingeborg B. Weinberger. The Baltimore Emergency Committee (set
up under HIAS of Baltimore) collected the originals and copies from the collections of
the World Jewish Congress, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, some West German courts,
and Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore.
Languages: German and English
2 folders
RG-28.014 Sidney Stecher Collection of Restitution Claim Files, Ca. 1933–1970
This collection contains restitution case files for Sidney Stecher‘s clients. The case files
contain personal information about Holocaust survivors, and include place of birth,
occupation, ghetto and concentration camp experiences, place of liberation, medical
information, and attempts to receive restitution from the West German government. The
files also contain various 1930s and 1940s documents used as evidence in the claims
process.