The Sharon Fahrer Holocaust Collection
M2019.05
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
- Title
- The Sharon Fahrer Holocaust Collection
- ID
- M2019.05
- Date [inclusive]
- 1920-2019
- Extent
- 1.0 Linear foot
- Physical Description
- Letters, photographs, news articles, official government documents such as death and marriage certificates, information about different programs relating to Holocaust rememberance and survivors, and personal effects and notes of Majerowicz family members. Photocopies of additional materials, including U.S. and German government documents, letters, photographs, and postcards sent from Nazi concentration camps. Some documents are written in German
- Location
- Located in Special Collections, Row 4, Shelf 6
- Language
- English
- Abstract
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sharon Fahrer Holocaust Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Biographical and Historical Note
Sharon Fahrer, an Asheville historian and author of A Home in Shalom'ville: The History of Asheville's Jewish Community, has spent a lot of time and dedication to uncover her family’s Holocaust story. Through contacting various groups, such as the Red Cross Tracing Service, interviewing her mother and aunt about the fates of her family, and collecting personal effects of individual family members, Fahrer has created a comprehensive picture of the trials and tribulations that her grandparents and aunt and uncles went through.
The Majerowiczes, a family of German Jews, were victims of the Nazis during the Holocaust. However, although the entire family was part of a target group of people, they each experienced the Holocaust differently. Arthur Majerowicz, a draftsman, married Marie, a non Jew and their three children, Kurt, Irma, and Ruth, were separated during the Holocaust. Arthur went into hiding while Marie continued living in an apartment in Berlin (as a gentile, Marie was not persecuted by the Nazis). Arthur remained successfully hidden throughout the Holocaust and reunited with Marie after the war. The lived in Germany for some time until they followed their daughter, Irma, and her husband Irvin to the United States, where they lived out the remainder of their days. Sigfried, Sharon’s uncle, was not as fortunate. Sigfried was targeted by the Nazis even more than his family due to the fact that he was Jewish and homosexual. Sigfried made the decision to end his life before the Nazis could capture, torment, and kill him.
Kurt fled to Holland on foot and lived in several refugee camps as well as with a Dutch woman in Amstterdam, ending up in Westerbork, then a work camp, which later became the transportation center for deportation of Dutch Jews to concentration camps. There he met Rita Schlachet, a refugee from Austria who became his wife and they had a daughter, Marie. The small family was eventually transferred to Terizin where they were separated and murdered. Rita and Marie went to Auschwitz and Kurt to Gros Rosen, dying in Buchenwald. While Kurt did not survive the Holocaust, he is memorialized in Berlin in the form of a Stolperstein, a brass plate fixed into the sidewalks of the city. He, his wife, and their baby are also memorialized in Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to Holocaust victims. Irma, Sharon’s mother, was part of a program that sent women to England to work asndomestics in wealthy households. It was there that Irma met Sharon’s father and followed him to the United States where they were wed. Ruth, Sharon’s aunt, was young when the Holocaust began. Since she was a child, she qualified for the Kindertransport, a program that helped remove children from the violence of the Nazis and placed them with families in England where they would be safe. Ruth was on her own at age fourteen working as a secretary. Eventually, Ruth also made her way to the United States where she met her husband, Frank Savoca.
Arthur, Marie, Irma, and Ruth all rebuilt lives and homes in New York, away from the discrimination and torture of the Nazis. Sharon, a New York native, relocated to Western North Carolina, where she has served as a local historian and prominent member of the Jewish community. Irma followed later and lived in Asheville for 11 years until her death at age 91.
Scope and Contents
The majority of the contents of this collection date from the 1930s through the 1940s, although more recent materials are also included. This collection documents the Majerowicz family’s experiences during and after the Holocaust. Included is a variety of correspondence, photographs, and legal documents such as birth, marriage, and death certificates. There are also photocopies of official U.S. and German documents and photographs, letters, and postcards that Kurt sent to his family from Westerbork work camp in the Netherlands. In addition to the documents that specifically related to the Majerowicz family, there are also documents and news paper clippings relating to Irving Cantor, Sharon Fahrer’s father.
Other materials include personal effects and memo that help put the family’s experiences into historical context based as well as materials relating to Sharon’s research. These materials include information on Stolpersteine, Red Cross Tracing Service, Netherlands Red Cross Tracing Service, Kindertransport, Deportees House Inventory, Westerbork, Sharon and Ruth’s Reparations trip to Berlin, the U.S. Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem, and an article Sharon wrote.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into two boxes. The first box contains files on individual family members. These files are arranged by generation. Arthur, Marie, and Sigfried, being the eldest generation, are first, followed by their children and children’s spouses. The second box contains supplemental information from Sharon’s research.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500One University Heights
Asheville, North Carolina, 28804-8504
828.251.6645
speccoll@unca.edu
Access Information
No restrictions. Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Custodial History
Donated by Sharon Fahrer in several installments in 2019-2020
Accruals
Additional materials are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Processing Information
Processed by Kristen Byrnes, Spring 2020
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials
Related collections include Choosing to Remember : From Shoah to the Mountains and the Ari Landau Collection
Collection Inventory
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Box 1: Majerowicz Family |
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Folder 1: Majerowicz Family Tree |
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Item 1: Family tree |
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Item 2: Majerowtcz branch family tree, 5 generations |
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Item 3: Majerowicz Family Tree with some description |
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Item 4: Photocopy of letter from Fanny Berliner, Marie, and Michel to Annie, Sally, and Harry |
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Item 5: Letter from Harry (Mayer?) to Sharon |
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Folder 2: Arthur Majerowicz |
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Item 1: Photograph of Arthur Majerowicz (youngest) b. 1893 |
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Item 2: Photograph of Marie and Arthur Majer in front of their home in Melville, New York |
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Item 3: Photograph of Arthur |
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Item 4: Photograph of Arthur |
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Item 5: Photocopy of Correction of Certificate and Record of Death for Arthur Majer |
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Item 6: Photocopy of letter from Gauß Schule declaring Arthur attended and indicating how well he did in certain fields |
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Item 7: Photocopy of deregistration form for Arthur and Marie |
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Item 8: Photocopy of document with translation confirming Arthur Majerowicz was registered at Berlin City Hall No. 10a. |
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Item 9: Photocopy of letter from Munich ORT Technical school cofirming Arthur's employment as a mechanics and lathe operating teacher. |
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Item 10: Photocopy of Notification of Personnel Action recording Arthur's resignation due to emigration |
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Item 11: Photocopy of Marie and Arthur's certificate confirming their membership in the Israelite Relgious Community in Munich |
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Item 12: Photocopy of certificate documenting Arthur's passing of the journeyman's examination in 1911 |
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Item 13: Print out from ancestry .co.uk saying Arthur was a Passenger on the ship General CH Muir from Bremerhaven to New York on May 8, 1950 |
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Item 14: A translation from a missing document stating that, accroding to the information on his registration, Arthur Majerowicz was not affected by the Act of Liberation from National Socialism and Militarism of March 5, 1946. |
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Folder 3: Marie Kubis Majerowicz |
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Item 1:Photograph of woman (Marie Majerowicz?) |
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Item 2: Photograph of Marie Majerowicz circa 1942 |
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Item 3: Photograph of Arthur and Marie Majerowicz |
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Item 4: Photograph of Marie and Arthur in Berlin |
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Item 5: Photograph of Marie and Arthur, Anniversary, Worcester, New York |
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Item 6: Photograph of Marie Kubis Majerowicz (1894-1963) |
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Item 7: Photograph of Marie Kubis Majerowicz (1894-1963) |
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Item 8: Photograph of Marie Kubis Majerowicz (1894-1963) Note table of family photos in background. |
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Item 9: Photograph of Ruth in England. Picture on family portrait table. |
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Item 10: Photograph of Majerowicz family portrait table, Berlin during the war, apartment of Marie |
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Item 11: Photograph of Majerowicz family portrait table |
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Item 12: Photograph of Arthur and Marie Kubis Majerowicz family- Kurt, Irma, Marie (baby), Eva (Arthur's mother), Ruth, and Rita Schlachet. |
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Item 13: Photograph of Marie Kubis Majerowicz, Ruth Majerowicz Savoca (1929-2009). Germany before 1939. |
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Item 14: Photograph of Marie and dog. |
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Item 15: Photograph of Marie. |
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Item 16: Death certificat of Marie Majer. Bureau of Vital Statistics of the City of Albany, New York. |
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Item 17: Description of the photos on the Majerowicz family portrait table, complete with fates of the family members. |
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Item 18: Photocopy of front page of German of Nationality Homeland Certificate, part of letter indicating Marie was sent a Certificate of Domicile on January 14, 1960, complete with translation. |
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Item 19: Photograph of Marie Kubis Majerowicz September 30, 1894- August 1, 1963 Born Oschersleben (Bode) Sachen (Saxony) Germany |
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Folder 4: Sigfried Majerowicz |
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Item 1: Photograph of Sigfried "Zeeka" Majerowicz, brother of Arthur |
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Item 2: Photograph of Sigfried, Eva (?), Greta (?) Majerowicz |
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Item 3: Photograph of Sigfried "Zeke" Majerowicz |
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Item 4: Document with copies of three images of Sigrfried along with a brief description of Sigfried's life and death |
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Item 5: Map of Weißensee Cemetery indicating Sigfried's burial location |
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Item 6: Directions to Weißensee Cemetery and to Sigfried's grave |
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Folder 5: Irma Majerowicz Cantor |
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Item 1: Photograph of Irma, age 90, and Neil Kravitz at Rezza's in Asheville. |
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Item 2: Photograph of Irma Cantor in backyard of her home on Koral Street in Bay Shore, New York. 1950s. |
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Item 3: Photograph of Irma Cantor |
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Item 4: Photograph of Irma M. Cantor |
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Item 5: Photograph of Irma on mountain |
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Item 6: Photograph of Irma Majerowicz Cantor (right) and friend Ursula. Germany. |
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Item 7: Photograph of Irma Cantor (18 years old) and friend Ursula. Germany. |
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Item 8: Photograph of wedding of Irma Majerowicz Fogel to Irving Cantor. July 4, 1947. Bay Shore Jewish Center. Bay Shore, New York. |
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Item 9: Photograph of wedding of Irma Majerowicz Fogel to Irving Cantor. July 4, 1947. Bay Shore Jewish Community Center. Bay Shore, New York. |
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Item 10: Part of Irma's passport. Passport photgraph included. |
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Item 11: Birthday card from Irma to Sharon |
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Item 12: Newspaper clipping of Irma's obituary. |
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Item 13: Page discussing Irma's life, membership in the Jewish community, and passions. |
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Item 14: Photocopy of list of Irma's addresses in Berlin and London. |
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Item 15: Birth Certificate of Irmgard Hildegard Majerowicz. Fragile. |
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Item 16: Letter from Jewish Refugees Committee confirming Irma came to England from Germany as a Jewish Refugee. |
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Item 17: Photograph of Kurt and Irma Majerowicz |
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Item 18: Certificate of Death of Irma Cantor |
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Item 19: Receipt of reparations check from German government to Irma Cantor. |
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Item 20: Receipt of reparations check from German government to Irma Cantor. |
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Item 21: Copy of Affidavit of Support from Irving for Irma. |
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Item 22: Copy of affidavit of Harry Cantor for Irma. |
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Item 23: Transcript of Marriage for Irving and Irma. |
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Item 24: US Certificate of Naturalization for Irma Cantor |
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Item 25: Copy of letter Irma wrote to US President Bill Clinton. |
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Item 26: "Memories from the Past," written by Irma |
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Item 27: printed copy of "Memories of Irma Majerowicz Cantor." Not complete transcript of hand written memoir. |
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Item 28: Hand written timeline of events from 1945-1992. |
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Item 29: Hand written recollection of Irma's journey from Berlin to England and some family history. |
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Item 30: Hand written speech or poem, author unknown, written for Irving and Irma for their anniversary. |
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Item 31: Collection of news clippings and notes of Irma's. "Irma's Musings" |
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Item 32: List of attendees for Irma's birthday party. Written on card from Gibby's Steaks and Seafood restaurant. Dated February 16th, 1990. |
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Item 33: Envelope and poem written by Jeffrey (friend of Irma's) for her birthday. |
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Folder 6: Irma Majerowicz Cantor Travels |
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Item 1: Notes from South African trip. |
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Item 2: Notes from trip to Tel Aviv, April 1973. |
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Item 3: Notes from trip to Greece. April 1969. |
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Item 4: Notes from trip to Israel. |
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Item 5: Notes from Irving and Irma's trip to National Parks in the West. |
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Item 6: Notes from trip to South Africa. October 1981. |
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Folder 7: Irving Cantor |
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Item 1: 3 Irving Brothers Glass Corp business cards. |
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Item 2: Photograph of Irving Cantor in office at Cantor Brothers Glass Corp. |
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Item 3: Photograph of Irving Cantor (left) and Emmett McNamara (right). |
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Item 4: Photograph of Irvin and Irma Cantor circa 1967. |
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Item 5: Photograph of Irving Cantor |
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Item 6: Photograph of Eddie Bracken (left) and Irving Cantor (right). January 22, 1964. |
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Item 7: Photograph. Left to right: Irving Cantor, unknown, Lou Salvanti, Emanuel Lewinger, unknown. |
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Item 8: Photograph. Left to right: Unknown, Sharon Cantor Fahrer, Irving Cantor, Lou Salvanti. |
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Item 9: Postcard. "The Landing Ocean Beach, Fire Island, New York." |
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Item 10: Newspaper clipping expressing condolences for the death of Jennie Cantor. |
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Item 11: Masonic Temple certificate verifying Irving Cantor is a Prince of the Royal Secret 32° mason. 1953. |
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Item 12: Photocopy of "Seniors" page from the BSHS yearbook, 1929. |
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Item 13: Photocopy of "Universal Limited Art Editons: The First Ten Years." |
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Item 14: Small piece of paper with note to people in the B'nai Brith. |
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Item 15: Sheet of paper discussing the life of Irving Cantor for his nomination for Bay Shore High School Hall of Fame. |
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Item 16: Sheet of paper discussing life of Irving Cantor for his nomination for the Bay Shore High School Hall of Fame. Attached are three newspaper articles that highlight Irving's involvement and role in his community. |
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Item 17: Masonic Temple, New York State Grand Lodge Certificate. 1963. |
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Item 18: Photocopy of clipping from "The Suffolk Eagle." Article is Man of the Year. 1967. |
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Item 19: October 1967 edition of "Journal of the Arts." |
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Item 20: Newspaper clipping with image of Cantor Bros. storefront. |
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Item 21: Part of the "Auto and Flat Glass Journal," vol. 19, no. 8, August 1972. Features Cantor Brothers Glass Corp. |
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Item 22: photocopy of newspaper ad for Cantor Brothers Glass Corp. |
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Item 23: Collection of military and veteran documents and IDs for Irving Cantor |
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Item 24: Copy of certificate and form verifying Irving's honorable discharge from the US Army. |
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Item 25: Photograph. Front row, left to right: Bob Eaves, Norm Miller, Bob Wilson, Irv Cantor. Back Row, left to right: Arby Doherty, "Snatch" Galloway, Tom Conannon (?), Art O'Brien. |
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Item 26: Certificate awarded by US President Bill Clinton in memory of Irving Cantor's service in the military. |
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Item 27: Photograph. B.S. High School, 1929. Irving second from left in second row, wearing glasses. |
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Item 28: Photograph. Irving Cantor High School Reunion. Second from top on the right. June 23, 1979. |
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Item 29: Honorary diploma for Irving Cantor from Bay Shore High School. |
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Item 30: Photograph. Wedding of Irma and Irving Cantor. July 4, 1947. Bay Shore Jewish Center. Bay Shore, New York. |
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Item 31: Copy of Transcript of Marriage of Irving and Irma. |
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Item 32: Letter from Ann and Deena Tereshbo to Cantor Family sending condolences on Irving's death. |
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Item 33: Letter from Arlene to Linda discussing family history and Cantor family. |
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Item 34: Letter to Linda from unknown. Discusses Cantor family. |
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Item 35: Reminder for the Yahrzeit for Irving Cantor. August 23-24, 1997 |
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Item 36: Clipping discussing Irving's military career. |
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Item 37: Copy of the Certificat of Birth for Cantor |
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Item 38: Certificae of Witness for the marriage of Irma and Irving. Written in English on one side and Hebrew on the other. |
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Folder 8: Kurt Majerowicz |
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Item 1: Printed copies of postcards from Kurt to mother Marie and sister Ruth. Postcards were sent from concentration camps. Copies provided by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. |
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Item 2: Photograph of Irma and Kurt Majerowicz. Westerbork, August 1939. |
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Item 3: Photograph of Kurt Majerowicz in Westerbork camp in Holland. |
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Item 4: Photocopy of telegram sent to Marie Majerowicz informing her of her Kurt's death. |
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Item 5: Sharon's family's picture of Kurt Majerowicz, accompanying an email from Gerrit Heemskerk, who had the same photograph that was his mother's. |
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Item 6: Scanned copies of postcards sent by Kurt from concentration camps. |
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Item 7: Printout describing Kurt and Westerbork Camp. Printout from US Holocaust Memorial Museum website. |
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Item 8: Photocopy of German police document recording Kurt's death, includes translation. |
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Item 9: Photocopy of Berlin Directory of Murdered Residents. |
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Folder 9: Ruth Majerowicz Savoca |
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Item 1: Photograph: Women left to right: Anne, Ruth, unknown. Men: Frank, unknown, unknown. New York, 1950s. |
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Item 2: Ruth's Passport |
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Item 3: Copy of Passport photo |
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Item 4: Photograph of Ruth M. Savoca. |
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Item 5: Photograph of Frank Savoca. |
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Item 6: Souvenir photograph and card from National Machinery and Supply Show in Canada. 1964. |
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Item 7: Photograph of England friends of Ruth Savoca. |
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Item 8: Photograph of England friends of Ruth Savoca. |
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Item 9: Photograph of England friends of Ruth Savoca. |
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Item 10: Photograph of England friends of Ruth Savoca. |
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Item 11: Photograph: unknown (left), Ruth Savoca (right). England. |
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Item 12: Photograph of England friends of Ruth Savoca |
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Item 13: Photograph of Ruth Savoca. |
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Item 14: Photograph of England friend of Ruth Savoca. Signed "Forever yours, Anne." |
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Item 15: Photograph of England friend of Ruth Savoca. Signed "To my Darling Ruth, wishing you the best of luck. Rosie xxx." |
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Item 16: Photograph of Ruth. Written on back: "Erinnere deine kleine schwester Ruth," or "remember your little sister Ruth." |
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Item 17: Photograph of Ursula and Ruth. Germany. |
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Item 18: Photograph of Ruth. Germany. |
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Item 19: Photograph of Ruth. England, 1946. |
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Item 20: Photograph of Ruth. England. |
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Item 21: Photograph of Ruth. US passport photo. |
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Item 22: Photograph of Ruth Majerowicz Savoca in Germany with doll that was later confiscated by a Nazi on the Kindertransport. |
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Item 23: Photograph of Greta Majerowicz (left), Ruth Majerowicz (center), and Marie Kubis Majerowicz (right). |
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Item 24: Photograph of Ruth and mother, Marie. Germany. |
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Item 25: Photograph of Arthur and Marie Majerowicz. Germany. |
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Item 26: Photograph of Marie and Arthur Majerowicz. Worcester, New York. |
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Item 27: Photograph of Greta Bohm- sister of Arthur (left), Ruth (center), and Marie Majerowicz (right). Germany. |
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Item 28: Photograph of Ruth Majerowicz. Germany. |
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Item 29: Photograph of Majerowicz House. Worcester, New York. |
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Item 30: Photograph of Greta and Ruth. |
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Item 31: Photograph of Ruth Majerowicz Savoca and Frank Savoca. |
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Item 32: Photograph of Ruth (right) at cousin's wedding in England. Also pictured: Marie Berliner and Jack, unknown boy. |
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Item 33: Ruth's kindertransport identity document, complete with photograph of Ruth. |
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Item 34: Letter from Jewish Refugees Committee discussing the release of the Kindertransport identity cards. |
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Item 35: Copy of Ruth's US Certification of Naturalization. 1953. |
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Item 36: Replacement Certificate of Naturalizaiton for Ruth. Original was stolen in 1997. |
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Item 37: Extract from the Register of Births for Ruth Majerowicz. Verifies name, parents' names, and birthdate. |
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Item 38: Copy of Ruth and Frank's Certificate of Marriage. |
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Item 39: Certificate of Death for Ruth Savoca. |
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Item 40: Photocopy of court document signed by Ruth's aunt verifying Ruth's immigration to England in 1939. Document dated 1958. |
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Item 41: Letter from the government of Berlin to Ruth Savoca regarding a reparations trip. Letter confirms Ruth may take her niece with her instead of her spouse. |
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Folder 10: Ruth and Frank Savoca |
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Item 1: Ruth Savoca New York State drivers license. |
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Item 2: Note, "Honeymoon in the Poconos 1950s" |
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Item 3: Blank pages from a wedding memory book. |
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Item 4: Photograph of Ruth outside playing Ping Pong. |
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Item 5: Photograph of Frank outside playing Ping Pong. |
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Item 6: Photograph of unknown couple sitting on bench outside |
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Item 7: Photograph of bear in tree. |
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Item 8: Photograph of bear in tree. |
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Item 9: Photograph of bear in tree. |
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Item 10: Photograph of bear in tree. |
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Item 11: Photograph of bear up close in cage. |
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Item 12: photograph of bear up close in cage, drinking from bottle. |
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Item 13: Photograph of family of cats. |
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Item 14: Photograph of unknown couple. |
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Item 15: Photograph of Frank and Ruth Savoca |
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Item 16: Photograph of Frank and Ruth Savoca sitting outside on bench. |
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Item 17: Photograph of river with small waterfall |
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Item 18: Photograph of waterfall |
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Item 19: Photograph of river |
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Item 20: Photograph of Ruth standing by river |
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Item 21: Photograph of Frank standing outside |
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Item 22: Photograph of Frank and Ruth standing on bridge |
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Item 23: Photograph of Ruth sitting on bridge |
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Item 24: Photograph of Frank sitting on bridge |
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Item 25: Photograph of bridge crossing over river |
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Item 26: Photograph of waterfall |
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Item 27: Photograph of bridge crossing over river |
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Item 28: Photograph of Frank standing by big rock |
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Item 29: Photograph of Ruth waving from bridge |
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Item 30: Photograph of waterfall |
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Item 31: Photograph of Ruth on bridge |
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Item 32: Photograph of Ruth leaning on tree |
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Item 33: Photograph of Ruth standing by river |
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Item 34: Photograph of Ruth standing by river |
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Item 35: Photograph of Frank and Ruth standing on porch |
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Item 36: Photograph of Ruth sitting on porch |
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Item 37: Photograph of Frank sitting outside on bench |
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Item 38: Photograph of waterfall |
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Item 39: Photograph of river |
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Item 40: Photograph of river |
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Item 41: Photograph of river |
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Item 42: Photograph of waterfall |
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Item 43: Photograph of river with small waterfall |
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Item 44: Photograph of waterfall |
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Item 45: Photograph of river with small waterfall |
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Item 46: Photograph of river |
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Item 47: Photograph of river and waterfall |
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Item 48: Photograph of Ruth and Walker and Zanger |
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Item 49: Photograph of Frank Savoca |
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Item 50: Photograph of Frank Savoca |
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Box 2: Related Materials |
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Folder 1: Deportees House Inventory |
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Item 1: Note describing the relation of folder's content to the overall collection |
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Item 2: Copy of Deportee House Inventory of Julian Israel and Auguste Sara Sawady/ Inventory for Ruth Sara and Ludwig Israel Hirschberg |
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Folder 2: Kindertransport |
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Item 1: Newsclipping with image: "Refugees from Nazi Germany disembarking in England in 1939." |
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Item 2: copy of directory of kindertransport children, their original town, and the address/area where they were transported. Ruth Savoca on last page. |
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Item 3: Program for the Kindertransport Association Conference of 1993 |
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Item 4: Letter from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum asking for kindertransport conference attendees' permission to photograph any images they brought to conference. |
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Item 5: Printout from Wikipedia about kindertransport personal accounts with note saying Ruth Savoca has a personal account. |
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Item 6: Kindertransport Survey results |
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Item 7: Kindertransport Association Conference welcome letter |
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item 8: Reunion Evaluation/Opinion Survey for Kindertransport Association conference |
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Item 9: Form for Kindertransport Association t-shirt |
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Item 10: Form for Adult Children whose parents were children in the kindertransport program. Form allows individuals to sign up as member of "KT-2" group |
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Item 11: Oral History form for Adult Children of parents who were in the Kindertransport |
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Item 12: Kindertransport Bibliography |
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Folder 3: Westerbork |
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Item 1: Ticket for admission into Kamp Westerbork Rememberance Center |
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Item 2: Camp Westerbork informational booklet |
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Item 3: Westerbork informational pamphlet |
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Item 4: Guards of Westerbork informational booklet |
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Item 5: Printout from US Holocaust Memorial Museum website about Westerbork |
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Item 6: Certicate for Sharon Farhere from the Holocaust Names Monument in the Netherlands |
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Folder 4: Netherlands Red Cross Tracing Documents |
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Item 1: Note on process of tracing names with Red Cross service |
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Item 2: Letter to Eliot, most likely sent from Sharon Fahrer. March 25, 1990. |
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Item 3: Letter to Sharon from Eliot. April 5, 1990. |
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Item 4: Letter to Eliot from Sharon. April 17, 1990. |
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Item 5: Letter to Institutie of War Documentation in Holland from Sharon. April 20, 1990. |
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Item 6: Letter to Sharon from Eliot. May 7, 1990 |
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Item 7: Mail envelope to Sharon Fahrer from Amsterdam |
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Item 8: Letter to Sharon from the Dutch Red Cross regarding her uncle Kurt Majerowicz, his wife Rita, and their baby Marie. |
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Item 9: Letter to Eliot Marx from the National Institute for War Documentation in the Netherlands. Contents of letter discuss Kurt Majerowicz. |
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Item 10: Letter to Sharon from the National Institute for War Documentation in the Netherlands. Contents of letter discuss Kurt Majerowicz, his wife, and daughter. |
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Item 11: Letter to Sharon from the International Tracing Service in Arolsen, Germany. Contents of letter discuss Sharon's inquiry into Kurt Majerowicz's fate. |
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Item 12: Document from the International Tracing Service containing information relating to Kurt Majerowicz's time in concentration camps. |
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Item 13: Excerpt of the death certificate for Kurt Majerowicz |
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Item 14: Document from the International Tracing Service containing information relating to Kurt's wife, Rita Schlachet Majerowicz. |
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Item 15: Letter to Sharon from the International Tracing Service concerning obtaining information about Rita Schlachet Majerowicz. |
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Item 16: International Tracing Services informational leaflet |
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Item 17: Document from the International Tracing Service containing information about Kurt's daughter, Marie Majerowicz. |
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Item 18: Copy of newsclipping about the Pauley Show |
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Item 19: Letter to Sharon from Bertha and Hugo Schlachet. Contents discuss registering Kurt, Rita, and Marie with Yad Vashem. |
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Item 20: Photograph of Bertha and Hugo Schlachet in Syosset, New York at the home of Sharon and Vic Fahrer |
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Item 21: Photograph of Hugo and Bertha Schlachet (left), Ruth Savoca (seated on floor), and Sharon Fahrer |
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Item 22: Copy of letter to Sharon Fahrer from Yad Vashem. Sharon sent information to them regarding Kurt Majerowicz. |
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Folder 5: Red Cross Tracing Service |
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Item 1: Newspaper clipping of article: "Red Cross unit intensifying search for Holocaust victims" |
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Item 2: Newspaper clipping of article: "Red Cross uses documents to trace Holocaust survivors" |
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Item 3: Reproduction of note from Sharon regarding finding the family of Rita Schlachet Majerowicz through Red Cross Tracing Service. |
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Item 4: Letter from American Red Cross to Sharon regarding her query for information about Rita and Marie Majerowicz. Says originals were given to Hugo Schlachet, Sharon's uncle by marriage. |
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Item 5: Letter from American Red Cross to Sharon. Letter was sent along with copies of documents that were sent to Hugo Schlachet. |
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Item 6: International Tracing Service docuement regarding Kurt Majerowicz's fate |
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Item 7: International Tracing Service document regarding Rita Majerowicz's fate |
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Item 8: International Tracing Service document regarding Marie Majerowicz's fate |
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Item 9: Fax cover letter from Diane Paul to Sharon Fahrer |
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Item 10: American Red Cross Tracing Inquiry form for Marie Majerowicz |
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Item 11: American Red Cross Tracing Inquiry for Ritta S. Majerowicz |
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Item 12: Photocopy of newspaper clipping article: " Red Cross tracing program triggers poignant meetin--" Some of article is cut off of page. |
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Item 13: Newspaper clipping of article: "The Painful Truth" |
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Item 14: Newspaper clipping of article: "Seeking the Truth on Holocaust Victims" (Continuation of "The Painful Truth" article) |
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Item 15: Photograph. Left to Right: Sharon Fahrer, Hugo Schlachet, Ruth Savoca. 1991(?) |
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Item 16: Letter Envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Fahrer from H. Schlachet |
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Item 17: Photograph. Left to Right: Ruth Majerowicz Savoca, Sharon Fahrer, Victor Fahrer, Hugo Schlachet, Bertha Schlachet. |
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Item 18: Photograph. Left to Right: Hugo Schlachet, Vic Fahrer, Ruth Savoca. Hugo is Rita's brother. 1991 or 1992. |
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Folder 6: Reperations Trip to Berlin 1999 |
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Item 1: Business card of Tom L. Freudenheim, Stellvertretender Direktor |
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Item 2: Business card of Rudiger Nemitz, Protokoll des Landes Berlin |
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Item 3: Business card of Dr. Dieter Senoner, Leiter der Abteilung |
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Item 4: Business card of Muriam Isabelle Puginier. Has New York address for Ruth Maltz on back. |
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Item 5: Business card of Renate Forester, Offentlichkeitsarbeit |
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Item 6: Photograph: Majerowicz graves in Wisensee Cemetery in Berlin |
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Item 7: Photograph: Majerowicz graves in Weisensee Cemetery in Berlin |
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Item 8: Photograph: Majerowicz graves in Weisensee Cemetery in Berlin. |
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Item 9: Photograph: Berlin Holocaust marker, Spandau Prison. 1999. |
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Item 10: Photograph: The Reichstag in Marzipan with another traveler on reparations trip. 1999. |
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Item 11: Photograph. Left to Right: unknown, Ruth, Sharon, unknown. On a reparations trip to Berlin. This was a dinner at a host family home. May 1, 1999. |
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Item 12: Photograph: KaDeWe |
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Item 13: Photograph: Berlin City Hall |
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Item 14: Photograph: Charlottenburg Palace |
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Item 15: Photograph: Wannsee, where articles of annihilation agreed to kill non-aryans |
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Item 16: Photograph: Kurfurstendamm |
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Item 17: Photograph: Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (?), Kurfurstendamm (?) |
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Item 18: Photograph: KaDeWe- Sarver (?) Jewish owned department store |
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Item 19: Photograph: KaDeWe |
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Item 20: Photograph: Bombed church memorial |
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Item 21: Photograph: Kurfurstendamm, "5th Avenue of Berlin." Irma Majerowicz lived near here. |
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Item 22: Photograph: Berlin City Hall |
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Item 23: Photograph: Train Station in Germany |
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Item 24: Photograph: Spandau |
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Item 25: Postcard from Sharon and Vic to Irma from Berlin |
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Item 26: Five-page Chronical of trip to Berlin. April 20, 1999. |
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Item 27: Photocopy of records from Weisensee Cemetery in Berlin |
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Folder 7: Stolpersteine |
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Item 1: Business card for the Modena Hotel |
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Item 2: Business card for Nelly Werner |
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Item 3: Newspaper article about Sharon telling her family's story |
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Item 4: Educational pamphlet about the Stolpersteine in Berlin |
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Item 5: Note from Sharon discussing Kurt's Stolperstein installation |
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Item 6: Sheet containing copies of two images: One of Kurt Majerowicz's Stolperstein and one of a woman polishing Kurt's Stolperstein in 2016 |
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Item 7: Photocopy of a photograph of Berlin residents polishing the Stolpersteine in 2017 |
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Item 8: Photocopy of a photograph of Berlin residents polishing the Stolpersteine in 2016 |
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Item 9: Photocopy of a photograph of Berlin residents polishing the Stolpersteine in 2016 |
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Item 10: Photocopy of a photograph of Berlin residents polishing the Stolpersteine in 2016 |
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Item 11: Photocopy of a photograph of Berlin residents polishing the Stolpersteine in 2016 |
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Item 12: Photocopy of a photograph of Berlin residents polishing the Stolpersteine in 2016 |
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Item 13: Photocopy of a photograph of Berlin residents polishing the Stolpersteine in 2016 |
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Item 14: Emails between Sharon and Oliver Geiger regarding the Stolpersteine and the use of some images of Kurt Majerowicz |
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Item 15: Photocopy of Kurt Majerowicz's Stolperstein |
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Item 16: Printout of emails between Ruth Savoca and organization responsible for Stolpersteine. Email is regarding Stolpersteine for Majerowicz family members |
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Item 17: Emails from Oliver Geiger to Sharon Fahrer regarding the Stolpersteine. Email discusses a group that Oliver is part of. This group polishes the stones and researches the history of the individuals on the stones. |
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Item 18: Emails between Sharon and Oliver discussing the Stolpersteine, their significance, the power of hatred and intolerance, and importance of working against such things. |
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Item 19: Handwritten receipt for 95€ for the laing of the Stolperstein of Kurt Majerowicz |
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Item 20: Postcard from Myer's Hotel in Berlin, includes the addresses for the Stolpersteine for Robert and Pesel Majerowicz and Kurt Majerowicz |
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Item 21: Letter from Bezirksamt Mitte von Berlin thanking Sharon for her donation of 95€ to the Stolpersteine project. Attached is a reciept for the donation. |
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Item 22: Email to Sharon from Oliver requesting permission to use a photograph of Kurt Majerowicz on a website |
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Item 23: Email from organization responsible for Stolpersteine to Sharon regarding the address and laying time for Kurt's stolperstein |
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Item 24: Photocopy of a photograph of woman polishing Kurt Majerowicz's stolperstein |
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Item 25: Emails between organization responsible for the Stolpersteine and Sharon. Sharon requested the addresses for certain Stolpersteine and the organization provided the addresses |
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Item 26: Copy of Hadassah Magazine, November 2001 issue. |
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Folder 8: US Holocaust Museum |
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Item 1: Pamphlet from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Pamphlet is devoted to requesting artifacts and oral histories and has a form for individuals to send in their information about artifacts they may have |
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Item 2: "Custody Receipt" for Sharon for a donation of album of documents and photos. Dated November 13, 1993. |
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Item 3: Letter from Genya Markon of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to Sharon. Letter is requesting some explainations and details for documents and postcards that Sharon donated |
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Item 4: A series (9 individual sheets) of copies of photographs pertaining to the Majerowicz family. Some photographs include a description of persons pictured. |
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Item 5: Letter from Sharon Fahrer to Mr. Kesting. Letter is in response to information and signed papers that Mr. Kesting requested. Dated October 31, 1994. |
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Item 6: Letter from Sharon to Genya Markon, Directore of Photo Archives at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Sharon acknowledges the docuements that were sent to her and promises to send them back with some notes and comments. Sharon also requests a copy of her grandfather's diploma. |
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Item 7: Letter to Sharon from Walter Reich, US Holocaust Memorial Museum Director. Letter thanks Sharon for her donation of postcards that her uncle, Kurt Majerowicz, wrote. |
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Item 8: Letter to Sharon from deputey director of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Letter requests Sharon sighn and date a Deed of Gifts so the accessioning process can be completed. |
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Item 9: Letter from US Holocaust Memorial Museum to museum supporters asking for donations. |
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Item 10: Copy of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's request for artifacts and oral histories. Form completed by Sharon Fahrer. |
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Item 11: Copy of Deed of Gift from the museum for items: Postcard from Jewish Internee to family in Berlin dated September 15, 1944 and postcard dated September 18, 1944 |
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Item 12: Copy of Deed of Gift from the museum for items: Postcard from Jewish Internee to family in Berlin, dated April 12, 1941 and Birthday card from German Jewish refugee to sister in Berlin, dated March 29, 1939. |
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Item 13: Letter to Sharon from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Letter discusses Sharon's request for a copy of her grandfather's diploma, the reproduction process used to make the copy, the Jane Pauly show, and Jan Kubis. |
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Item 14: Letter to Sharon from Robert Kesting, staff archivist, at the Us Holocaust Memorial Museum. Letter requests Sharon's permission to accession the donation into the permanent archives. Letter also discusses the Deed of Gift necessary to make the donation permanent |
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Item 15: Copy of Sharon's Deed of Gift for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. |
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Item 16: Copy of Exibit A to Deed of Gift for US Holocaust Memorial Museum |
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Item 17: Letter to Sharon from Genya Markon at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Letter was sent with translations of documents that Sharon donated. Translations not included. |
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Folder 9: Yad Vashem |
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Item 1: Photograph: Myranne Feinstein, on left, filing documentation with unknown individual at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Israel. 1991. |
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Item 2: Photograph: Myranne Feinstein, left, filing documentation with unknown individual, at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Israel. 1991. |
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Item 3: Letter from Myranne to Sharon and Vic. Letter was sent with photographs of Myranne filing documentation at Yad Vashem. |
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Item 4: Copy of letter to Sharon from Yad Vashem acknowledging the documentation the received for Kurt Majerowicz. English and Hebrew translations included in letter. |
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Item 5: Note on process of registering victims of the Holocaust at Yad Vashem. |
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Item 6: Letter from Bertha and Hugo Schlachet to Sharon and Victor. Letter says Bertha and Hugo registered Kurt, Rita, and Marie with Yad Vashem. |
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Item 7: Letter from Yad Vashem acknowledging receipt of Pages of Testimony. Letter states testimony will be kept in alphabetical order in Hall of Names at Yad Vashem. |
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Item 8: Letter from Yad Vashem stating no Pages of Testimony were found for the individual in question. |
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Item 9: Copy of letter from Yad Vashem acknowledging the receipt of 3 Pages of Testimony. |
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Folder 10: Sharon Fahrer Published Article |
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Item 1: Letter from Publisher of Avotaynu, Gary Mokotoff, to Sharon thanking her for the article she wrote and submitted. |
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Item 2: Copy of Winter 1992 issue of Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy. Issue includes the article Sharon wrote. |
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