Tann family papers, 1937-1981 and 2018 (bulk 1937-1947)
0.3 linear feet and 3.9 MB (online)
Tann family is a Michigan Jewish family. The Tann family had relatives in Czechoslovakia and Hungary during World War II, the Tennenabum family, who hoped to travel to the United States to escape Nazi persecution. The collection includes biographical information, and original and digitized English translations of correspondence between family members. Many of the letters discuss the political situation in Europe following the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia and family’s attempts to obtain visas to travel to the United States. Original material is in Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak, with digitized English translations.