Name/Title
Hartig, Martin: Wallet that house his Immigration Documents, Post-World War II, 1951Entry/Object ID
AM2017.39.3Scope and Content
Hartig, Martin: Wallet that house his Immigration Documents, Post-World War II, 1951. Brown leather wallet, in its fold Martin had kept his immigration documents and photos of his family and friends taken in Austria just after World War II. (See 2017.39.5-14). Martin's flag received at citizenship is 2017.39.1.
Born in Tekendorf, Romania, as a teen Martin & his family were taken to a refugee camp in Austria by the Germans. He stayed in Austria for 8 years. Rather to return to Romania, that was becoming Communist, Martin & his brother, Michael, as single men, immigrated to the United States as Displaced Persons on board the USS Naval Ship "General Harry Taylor" arriving in New York on January 6, 1952. They answered a call for farm work from Beverly Pitts in the St. Joseph area and came directly to St. Joseph to initially work on Pitts farms in Kansas and Rosendale, MO.
Martin married and settled here, moving to Chicago from time to time for work. His brother Michael settled in St. Joseph and their mother, Susanna, later immigrated and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery. See attach Multimedia documentLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
WalletNomenclature Primary Object Term
Case, PersonalNomenclature Sub-Class
Personal Carrying & Storage GearNomenclature Class
Personal GearNomenclature Category
Category 03: Personal ObjectsSearch Terms
World War II, Post-World War II Immigration, Hartig FamilyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Martin HartigRelated Entries
Notes
2017.39.1, AM2017.039.00004, AM2017.039.00005, AM2017.039.00006, AM2017.039.00007, AM2017.039.00008, AM2017.039.00009, AM2017.039.00010, AM2017.039.00011, AM2017.039.00012, AM2017.039.00014, P2017.039.0013J, P2017.039.013AF, P2017.039.013GI, P2017.039.013KT
