Goldschmied (Gilbert) Family Collection

THe collection consists of family papers of Albin Goldschmied and Louise Ohs Goldschmied, their daughter Renée, and their parents Leopold and Katarina Pick Goldschmied, and Bernhard and Rosa Loewnthal Ohs. Includes correspondence, documents, photographs, books and publications, an autograph book, a notebook, a silk textile fragment, a cardboard box and related materials. Date range is late 19th century to the 1960s. Majority of the papers concern the emigration of Albin, Louise, and Renée Goldschmied from Prague through the efforts of Waitstill and Martha Sharp and their experiences as new immigrants to the U.S. Included as well are numerous letters from Rosa Ohs to Louise after the Goldschmieds left Prague in November, 1939. Unable to secure a visa, Rosa remained in Prague. She was deported to Theresienstadt on July 13, 1942 and on October 15, 1942 she was transported to Treblinka where she was killed.