Identity area
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- 1900-1960 (Creation)
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1 folder
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Biographical history
The Cohn and Baer families were Berlin Jews during the Third Reich.
Repository
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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.
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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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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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- Humanitarian law » War crimes » Concentration camps
- Humanitarian law » War crimes » Genocide
- Humanitarian law
- Religious groups » Jews
- Migrants
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism » Nazism
- Political doctrines
- Migrants » Refugees
- Religious groups
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism
- Humanitarian law » War crimes
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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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- English