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Gisela Meyer Spielberg Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 414

Scope and Contents

Documents cover German reparation payments, life in Atlanta and Europe directly post-WW2, and the family’s escape from Germany in 1939.

Dates

  • Creation: 1824 - 1997

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Biographical / Historical

Gisela (Gia) Diana Meyer Spielberg was born on September 29, 1926 in Berlin, Germany to Jewish German World War One veteran Henrich Meyer and his wife Lieselotte Kohn. The family, including a younger sister Erika born 1930, suffered the rising antisemitism in Germany following Hitler’s rise to power in 1933. Through family connections and luck, the family was able to escape to England weeks before war broke out in Europe and eventually made their way to the United States where they finally settled in Atlanta, GA. Gisela passed away on February 4, 2018 in Pikeville, Maryland at age 91.

Extent

2.6 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

German

French

Dutch; Flemish

Spanish; Castilian

Abstract

A German immigrant to the United States in the middle of the Second World War, Gisela Meyer Spielberg and her family made a life for themselves in Atlanta, GA following the antisemitic rule of Hitler which they only just barely escaped.

Arrangement

All material is arranged by subject and then chronologically within each series.

Title
Gisela Meyer Spielberg Family Papers, Mss 414
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum Repository

Contact:
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