G. Michael Eisenstadt family papers

G. Michael Eisenstadt was born Gerd Michael in Danzig, Germany (later Gdansk, Poland) in 1928 to Isidor and Edith Eisenstadt and had a brother named Eric Elia (b. 1927). Edith, Gerd, and Eric sailed from Antwerp aboard the SS Veendam from Antwerp in October 1939, arriving in New York in November. Isidor Eisenstadt was confined to the Warsaw ghetto and perished. The G. Michael Eisenstadt family papers consist of certificates, a ship ticket, and correspondence from Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and the Warsaw ghetto documenting Isidor Eisenstadt's training as a master tailor from 1901-1921, the immigration of his wife and sons to the United States in 1939, conditions in the Warsaw ghetto, and his efforts to immigrate.