Julius Isaak Oppenheimer

Family

Persecution

Location Trail

1. GemmingenBorn · 05.05.1882
2. Heilbronn, GermanyLetter · 10.11.1905
3. HeilbronnLetter · 10.11.1905
4. MünchenPhotographed · c.1920s
5. TreysaPhotographed · c.1920s
6. MünchenJulius writes from Munich to Mina · 15.06.1930
7. München (Munich), GermanyLetter · 15.06.1930
8. New York, New York, USALetter · 1939
9. [New York, USA]Letter · 1939
10. New York, New York, USALetter · 11.1939
11. London, EnglandLetter · 30.11.1939
12. [London or New York]Letter · 12.1939
13. London, EnglandLetter · 05.12.1939
14. Ainmillerstrasse 19/II, MünchenResided (c. 1940-1941) · 1940
15. MünchenJulius & Elsa ship belongings to America · 1940
16. Bronx, New York, USALetter · 1940
17. München (Munich), GermanyLetter · 1940
18. [München/Munich or Stuttgart, Germany]Letter · 1940
19. [München/Munich, Germany, based on context]Letter · 1940
20. Rotterdam, NetherlandsLetter · 1940
21. New York, New York, USALetter · 06.02.1940
22. München (Munich), GermanyLetter · 05.03.1940
23. New York, New York, USA (86th Street Branch)Letter · 20.03.1940
24. [New York or Rotterdam]Letter · 04.1940
25. New York, New York, USALetter · 04.1940
26. [Rotterdam or in transit]Letter · 04.1940
27. [Rotterdam, Netherlands, despite Mannheim letterhead]Letter · 01.04.1940
28. Rotterdam, NetherlandsLetter · 04.04.1940
29. München (Munich), GermanyLetter · 14.04.1940
30. New York, New York, USALetter · 17.04.1940
31. Forest Hills, Long Island, New York, USALetter · 30.05.1940
32. MünchenJulius & Elsa apply for U.S. visa · 03.07.1940
33. München (Munich) and Stuttgart, GermanyLetter · 17.07.1940
34. MünchenLetter from Munich with Elsa — family updates · 30.07.1940
35. New YorkLetter · 1941
36. Stuttgart, GermanyLetter · 1941
37. [Germany]Letter · 1941
38. München (Munich), GermanyLetter · 1941
39. Hannover, GermanyLetter · 1941
40. Bronx, New York, USALetter · 02.1941
41. Brooklyn, New York, USALetter · 01.02.1941
42. New York, New York, USALetter · 04.02.1941
43. [New York, New York, USA]Letter · 04.02.1941
44. Bronx, New York, USALetter · 10.02.1941
45. Stuttgart, GermanyLetter · 04.04.1941
46. [Stuttgart, Germany]Letter · 04.04.1941
47. München (Munich), GermanyLetter · 22.07.1941
48. MünchenLetter from Munich — persecution intensifies · 07.09.1941
49. München (Munich), GermanyLetter · 07.09.1941
50. MünchenLast letters from Munich · 15.09.1941
51. München (Munich), GermanyLetter · 15.09.1941
52. Hannover, GermanyLetter · 08.10.1941
53. MünchenJulius & Elsa write condolence letter · 11.10.1941
54. München (Munich), GermanyLetter · 11.10.1941
55. Munich, GermanyLetter · 25.10.1941
56. München (Munich)Letter · 25.10.1941
57. New York, New York, USALetter · 11.1941
58. Basel, SwitzerlandLetter · 07.11.1941
59. New York, New York, USALetter · 07.11.1941
60. München (Munich), GermanyLetter · 13.11.1941
61. MünchenJulius & Elsa's last known letter from Munich · 20.11.1941
62. München (Munich), GermanyLetter · 24.11.1941
63. MünchenJulius & Elsa report deportations, Bezirksverbot · 27.03.1942
64. München (Munich), GermanyLetter · 27.03.1942
65. Ghetto Piaski, Lublin, PolandDied · 04.1942
66. MünchenLast letter in collection — Julius & Elsa · 18.07.1942
67. GemmingenLetter · 30.10.1946
68. Ghetto PiaskiInterned

Timeline

• 15.06.1930Julius writes from Munich to Mina
• 1940Julius & Elsa ship belongings to America
• 03.07.1940Julius & Elsa apply for U.S. visa
• 30.07.1940Letter from Munich with Elsa — family updates
• 05.11.1940Letter with notes from multiple family members
• 07.09.1941Letter from Munich — persecution intensifies
• 15.09.1941Last letters from Munich
• 11.10.1941Julius & Elsa write condolence letter
• 20.11.1941Julius & Elsa's last known letter from Munich
• 1942Deported (Julius & Elsa)
• 27.03.1942Julius & Elsa report deportations, Bezirksverbot
• 18.07.1942Last letter in collection — Julius & Elsa

Correspondence

Picture postcard to Julius Oppenheimer on military service at Ulm — picture side with message1905Handwritten letter (page 1), in German Kurrent script1930Brief handwritten pencil note from Mina1939Typed updated affidavit of support from Samuel Morris1939Typed letter / affidavit of support from Samuel Morris to the American Consul...1939Invoice from Tausig Service Corporation for affidavit filing fees1939Receipt from the Jewish Refugees Committee for repayment of deposit1939Typed letter from the Jewish Refugees Committee (Financial Department) to Min...1939Typed letter/affidavit from Mrs. Bertha Katz née Falk to the American Consul ...1940Handwritten letter discussing shipping of belongings, with inventory1940Handwritten inventory/packing list in blue ink1940Handwritten letter fragment (partial page, damaged/torn)1940Envelope front addressed to Mina Kaufmann, posted from New York1940Handwritten letter with multiple short notes from different writers1940Bank deposit receipt from The National City Bank of New York1940Handwritten inventory/checklist of shipped crates and suitcases1940Handwritten inventory on a "Reise-Bericht" (Travel Report) form, page 171940Handwritten letter from Arthur Baer to Mina Kaufmann (page 1 of 2), on "Arthu...1940Holland America Line excess baggage receipt (No. 621), bilingual (English/Ger...1940Handwritten letter (page 1) in German Kurrent script1940U.S. Customs Entry Record / Receipt / Missing Documents form (Customs Form 5101)1940Typed letter from The Bowery Savings Bank, Safe Deposit Department, to Fritz ...1940Handwritten receipt (Quittung) from Fanny Hausmann for luggage storage1940Letter enclosing a handwritten Abschrift of the American Consulate's visa refusal, Stuttgart 15 July 19401940Western Union Cablegram from Reisebüro Vock (Stuttgart) to Fred Oppenheimer i...1941Envelope front — airmail letter1941Typed formal affidavit of support from Mrs. Bertha Katz née Falk (page 1 of 2...1941Typed affidavit of support from William Langerbein to the American Consul Gen...1941Typed letter/affidavit from Mina Kaufmann to the American Consulate in Stuttg...1941Official letter from the American Consulate General in Stuttgart to the Oppen...1941Handwritten letter with multiple notes from different writers1941Handwritten letter in German Kurrent script, written upside-down on page (rot...1941Handwritten letter with multiple notes from different family members1941Handwritten letter1941Handwritten letter with notes from multiple family members1941Typed letter (page 1 of 2) from Simon Israel Oppenheimer III to his niece Min...1941Handwritten letter — two separate notes: a condolence letter and a personal note1941Western Union telegram from Julius and Elsa Oppenheimer in Munich to Mina Kau...1941Envelope front — airmail letter1941Typed cable draft/copy from Reisebüro Tausig (New York) to Reisebüro Vock (St...1941RCA Radiogram (telegram) from Zaro Tours Basel branch to Zaro Tours New York,...1941Special Delivery envelope from Zaro Tours, New York, to Mina Kaufmann in Balt...1941Typed letter from Zaro Tours to Mina Kaufmann, in German, regarding Cuba visa...1941Handwritten letter on blue/green paper1941Handwritten letter1941Handwritten short letter/note1942Handwritten letter1942Handwritten letter to cousin — family fate1946

Notes

Moses's brother

Josef's 1946 letter confirms: 'My Uncle Julius and Aunt Elsa were deported and never returned'

Applied for U.S. immigration visa at American Consulate Stuttgart on July 3, 1940. Application ultimately unsuccessful.

Last known letter dated October 11, 1941, a condolence letter to the Langstein family. Written from Munich with Elsa.

Living at Ainmillerstrasse 19/II, München (1940-1941). Applied for U.S. visa July 3, 1940.

Letters span June 1930 to July 18, 1942 — the last letter in the collection. Mundane tone in final letter (thanking for packages) belies the horror of their situation.

March 27, 1942 letter: reports relatives from Darmstadt and Nürnberg 'had to go away' (deported). Bezirksverbot (district ban) imposed — could not leave their building.

Nov 20, 1941 letter written on the very day of the first mass deportation from Munich to Kaunas.