GB 1556 WL 628 - Cohn/Baer family papers

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1556 WL 628

Title

Cohn/Baer family papers

Date(s)

  • 1900-1960 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

1 folder

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Cohn and Baer families were Berlin Jews during the Third Reich.

Repository

Archival history

GB 1556 WL 628 1900-1960 Collection level (fonds) 1 folder Cohn and Baer families

The Cohn and Baer families were Berlin Jews during the Third Reich.

Received from the family, February 1986.

Papers documenting in part the lives of members of the Cohn and Baer families, Berlin Jews some of whom were sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp, 1900-1960. Chiefly comprising birth and death certificates, permits and travel documents. Including Martha Cohen's identity card with the conspicuous letter 'J' on the cover denoting Jew and which bears the additional information that she was 'evacuated' from Berlin on 16 Dec 1942; order from the Amtsgericht, Berlin, that Martha Cohen must adopt the forename 'Sara' to identify her as a Jew, 11 Jan 1939; order stamped by the Gestapo that Martha Cohen must leave Germany, 1 Oct 1942 and an inventory of the possessions of Sally Baer, prior to his transportation to Theresienstadt.

Chronological order

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Most of the papers are in German except for one document from Theresienstadt in Czech.

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Mar 2008 Berlin Concentration camps Europe Genocide Germany Gestapo x Geheimes Staatspolizei Holocaust Humanitarian law Jews Migrants Nazism Political doctrines Refugees Religious groups Theresienstadt concentration camp x Terezin Third Reich Totalitarianism War crimes Western Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received from the family, February 1986.

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Scope and content

Papers documenting in part the lives of members of the Cohn and Baer families, Berlin Jews some of whom were sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp, 1900-1960. Chiefly comprising birth and death certificates, permits and travel documents. Including Martha Cohen's identity card with the conspicuous letter 'J' on the cover denoting Jew and which bears the additional information that she was 'evacuated' from Berlin on 16 Dec 1942; order from the Amtsgericht, Berlin, that Martha Cohen must adopt the forename 'Sara' to identify her as a Jew, 11 Jan 1939; order stamped by the Gestapo that Martha Cohen must leave Germany, 1 Oct 1942 and an inventory of the possessions of Sally Baer, prior to his transportation to Theresienstadt.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

Chronological order

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

Most of the papers are in German except for one document from Theresienstadt in Czech.

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Finding aids

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

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Wiener Library

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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