Dorothea Baumgart papers
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Overview
- Description
- The Dorothea Baumgart papers include a 1940 letter from someone named Selma in Prague to someone named Hilde; a 1943 decree for the confiscation of Dorothea Baumgart's property; a postcard from Dorothea Baumgart in Theresienstadt to Frieda Boldes in Auschwitz; several sheets of toilet paper Baumgart used as writing paper to describe her Holocaust experiences and claims for restitution; and a list of the Holocaust-era fates of Hertha Baumgart, Frieda Boldes, Richard Boldes, and Kurt Baumgart.
- Date
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inclusive:
1940-circa 1957
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Henry Heppner
- Collection Creator
- Dorothea Baumgart
- Biography
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Dorothea Baumgart (1875-1957), was born Dorothea Lissner in Obrzycko, Poland and lived in Breslau, Germany (Wrocław, Poland). Her property was confiscated by the Nazi regime in June 1943, and four days later she was deported to Theresienstadt, where she remained until its liberation in 1945. She spent some time in the Deggendorf displaced persons camp after the war before moving to England around 1946. Her daughter Hertha Baumgart moved to England in 1939, and her children Kurt Baumgart, Frieda Boldes, and son-in-law Richard Boldes are believed to have been killed at Auschwitz.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Dorothea Baumgart papers are arranged as a single series: I. Dorothea Baumgart papers, 1940-approximately 1957
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Henry Heppner donated the Dorothea Baumgart papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Primary Number
- 1990.11.8
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-14 10:53:15
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn163957
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