Realgymnasium report card of Edgar Wertheimer
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Wertheimer
Id no. 2115.91, Document, German
Subject(s): Education
Because of his poor grades, Wertheimer was not promoted to the next grade.
Wertheimer?s parents owned department stores in Germany, but they were expropriated in the 1930s by the Nazis during ?Aryanization.? Edgar escaped to the U.S. in 1937, and his brother Alfred joined him in 1939.
Wertheimer?s parents owned department stores in Germany, but they were expropriated in the 1930s by the Nazis during ?Aryanization.? Edgar escaped to the U.S. in 1937, and his brother Alfred joined him in 1939.
