Max Weinstein and Karliner family collection. 1897-1993

This collection documents Max Weinstein of Kassel, Germany and New York City, and his wife Gerda Weinstein née Karliner, as well as the Karliner family, of Beuthen, Germany (today Bytom, Poland) and Hartford, Connecticut.Max Weinstein (1914-1974) grew up in Kassel, Germany with his parents Robert Weinstein and Dina née Goldschmidt. He emigrated in 1937 to Argentina and then to the United States, where he enlisted in the Army. Weinstein fought in World War Two in North Africa and France. In 1947, Weinstein married Gerda née Karliner in New York City.The Karliner family lived in Beuthen, Germany (now Bytom, Poland). Gerda Weinstein (1924-2011) and her parents, Mary ('Mücke') née Böhm (1891-1987) and Friedrich (Fritz, Fred) Karliner (1888-1955) immigrated to the United States in the late 1930s and settled in Hartford, Connecticut. Fred Karliner's brother, Paul Karliner (1894-1938), died in Dachau following the Kristallnacht.Processeddigitize