Overview
- Description
- Private papers of Ruth von Wild (August 3, 1912 -April 26, 1983), a Swiss teacher and aid worker for refugees. The collection consists of a diary, diploma, certificates, correspondence, postcards and reports of holiday travels by former employees of the Swiss Working Community for Children of Spain (Ayuda Suiza, SAS) [Schweizerischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Spanienkinder], and for the Swiss Working Community for Children with Disabilities (SAK) [Schweizerischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kriegsgeschädigte Kinder], personal photo albums on the activities of the children's colony of the Swiss Red Cross in Pringy, France (1944-1945) as well as of the children's home in Brüngsberg (Germany), portrait and group photographs of the Wild’s family, photo album of the "Institution Morave pour jeunes filles", Montmirail-Neuchâtel, Switzerland, circa 1930, letters from Ruth von Wild to their parents Ernst and Helene von Wild from Pringy, France, and other family members, as well consits of various documents concerning the activity of Ruth von Wildf for the SAS, SAK and children's welfare assistance at the Switzerland Red Cross.
- Alternate Title
- Ruth von Wild papers
- Date
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inclusive:
1913-1982
- Collection Creator
- Ruth von Wild
- Biography
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Ruth von Wild (1912 -1983) was a Swiss teacher who dedicated her life to the care of refugee children. Ruth von Wild grew up in Barcelona as a Swiss citizen abroad. Her parents were from Glockenthal in the canton of Bern. She graduated from the University of Neuchâtel, and taught from 1933 to 1936 at the Swiss School in Barcelona. After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War the school was closed and Wild went to England to earn an English diploma. In Aug. 1938 returned to Barcelona and worked for Switzerland Working Group for Spain children Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Spanienkinder (Ayuda Suiza, SAS). In 1939 she directed a children's colony "Le Lac" in Hameau-du-Lac near Sigean , France. On August 1, 1940 Ruth von Wild took over the management of the children's colony of Talloires, France [Leitung der Kinderkolonie von Talloires]. From August 1940- June 1946 she was a director of the Children's Home in Pringy, France. After the end of the war, from 1946 to 1959, Ruth worked for the charity of the Protestant Churches of Switzerland in the children's home in Brüngsberg /Bad Honnef (North Rhine-Wesfalen) in Germany. From 1961-1974 she was a head of the refugee home "Pelikan" in Weesen (Leitung des Flüchtlingsheims), also for the Swiss Relief Society for Children of Emigrants (SHEK). Died in April 1983.
Physical Details
- Extent
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1,248 digital images : PDF ; 204 MB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in three series: 1. Biographical materials; 2. Activities of Ruth von Wild as an aid worker for refugee children; 3. Albums and photographs.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Users are required to complete a User Declaration in order to gain access to the collection.
- Conditions on Use
- No publication and copies of the records and finding aids to the 3rd party users without the written permission from the Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ). The Museum may not transfer the materials or duplicate records thereof or any of the finding aids to any third party, except as permitted in the Cooperation Contract, Article II paragraph 5 herein or as otherwise permitted in writing by the AfZ. The Museum may not publish the reproduction material or finding aid on the Internet, World Wide Web, or any publicly accessible on-line network without the written permission of the AfZ. Contact afz@history.gess.ethz.ch.
- Copyright Holder
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--Europe. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Europe. Jewish children in the Holocaust--France--Pringy. Child welfare--Switzerland--History--20th century. Refugee camps--Camps--History--20th century. Women social workers--Switzerland--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Humanitarian assistance.
- Geographic Name
- Brüngsberg (Germany) Neuchâtel (Switzerland) Pringy (Haute-Savoie, France) Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Refugees. Switzerland--Politics and government--20th century. Switzerland
- Personal Name
- Wild, Ernst von. Wild, Helene von. Wild, Klaus von. Wild, Ruth von, 1912-1983. Wild, Walter von.
- Corporate Name
- International Committee of the Red Cross
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ), Switzerland; Archival signature: NL Ruth von Wild. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in March 2017.
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- 2023-06-30 12:42:49
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