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Box 1

 Container

Contains 21 Results:

Schramm family papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6061
Abstract

This collection contains the documents of the Schramm family, a family of Bessarabian Germans who were moved to German territory during World War II. The documents include pre-war military papers; resettlement documents; naturalization and employment papers; and some letters, including personal correspondence.

Dates: 1920-circa 1950s

Romanian Documents, 1920 - 1940

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Military medical records for Gotthilf Schramm; birth certificate for Hugo Schramm; tax book.

Dates: 1920 - 1940

Romanian Railway Pass, Lydia Schramm, 1938

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Pass for the Romanian railway; includes photograph of Lydia Schramm and stamps from travels.

Dates: 1938

Photographs, 1937, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Photographs of various members of the Schramm family; some include members in a Russian military uniform.

Dates: 1937, undated

Resettlement documents, 1941-1944, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Various documents regarding the resettlement of the Schramm family; Camp passports; documentation of property confiscated from Poles that was granted to the Schramm family.

Dates: 1941-1944, undated

Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch, Hertha Schramm, 1941

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Employment record book for Hertha Schramm.

Dates: 1941

Certificate of Naturalization, Schramm family, 1941-01-16

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Document granting the German naturalization of the Schramm family.

Dates: 1941-01-16

Letter, 1942-02-26

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from family member regarding health and hospital visits.

Dates: 1942-02-26

Postcard to Gotthilf Schramm, 1943-05

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains the documents of the Schramm family, a family of Bessarabian Germans who were moved to German territory during World War II. The earlier documents include photographs and Romanian military papers. Many of the documents pertain to the family's resettlement in Germany and include the family's naturalization form and employment papers. There is a letter from the German military informing the Schramm family that one of their members was killed in action. Much of the...
Dates: 1943-05

Copy of letter from the front regarding the death of Corporal Gotthilf Schramm, 1943-10-01

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Corporal Gotthilf Schramm died from a shot to the chest during combat on 25 September 1943; his body could not be transported back to his family,

Dates: 1943-10-01