Collection GB 1556 WL 889 - Unknown Holocaust survivor

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1556 WL 889

Title

Unknown Holocaust survivor

Date(s)

  • 1951 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 item

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

[Lotte] was a resident of Prague; interned at Theresienstadt concentration camp, Nov 1941-Aug 1945; returned to Prague, 1945; emigrated to Canada, 1947.

Repository

Archival history

GB 1556 WL 889 1951 collection 1 item Unknown

[Lotte] was a resident of Prague; interned at Theresienstadt concentration camp, Nov 1941-Aug 1945; returned to Prague, 1945; emigrated to Canada, 1947.

Jewish Central Information Office

Typescript letter from [Lotte] to Isa, 4 Nov 1951, describing her life since 1940, including failed attempts to flee Europe for San Domingo and later USA, 1940; transportation to Theresienstadt concentration camp, Nov 1941, where she remained until Aug 1945, working as a nurse; return to Prague after the war and emigration to Canada, 1947.

N/A

Open

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

German

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 Canada Concentration camps Czechoslovakia Eastern Europe Emigration Genocide Holocaust Humanitarian law Jews Migration North America Prague Religious groups Theresienstadt concentration camp x Terezin War crimes Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Jewish Central Information Office

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Typescript letter from [Lotte] to Isa, 4 Nov 1951, describing her life since 1940, including failed attempts to flee Europe for San Domingo and later USA, 1940; transportation to Theresienstadt concentration camp, Nov 1941, where she remained until Aug 1945, working as a nurse; return to Prague after the war and emigration to Canada, 1947.

System of arrangement

N/A

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

German

Finding aids

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

Access points

Description control area

Institution identifier

Wiener Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Language(s)

  • English