Edith (Lichtenstein) Freese collection 1910s – 2016

The collection is comprised of correspondence, a friendship book, a family tree, and family photographs, which pertain to the life of Edith (Lichtenstein) Freese.Edith (Lichtenstein) Freese was born on September 23, 1920 in Steinheim, Germany to Julius Lichtenstein and Johanna Lichtenstein, née Herz. Edith’s father and her brother Herbert were killed by the Nazis in Belgium in 1939. Edith was able to escape to England before immigrating to the United States in circa 1949. She was married three times: once in England and twice in the United States. With her husband, Fred Greene, Edith had one son, Jeffrey A. Greene, who was raised in New Rochelle, New York. Edith died in Coconut Creek, Florida, on December 26, 2015.Finding aid available onlineProcesseddigitizedDigital Imag