Theresia Bauer papers
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Overview
- Description
- The Theresia Bauer papers consist of genealogical books, identification papers, and apprenticeship, military, and accounting records documenting the Bauer family of Horitschon (Austria) and the Koller family of Neckenmarkt (Austria), Theresia Bauer’s participation in the Bund Deutscher Mädel, and Stefan Bauer’s captivity as a Soviet POW after World War II.
Theresia Bauer documents include a genealogical book and a picture of Theresia with other Bund Deutscher Mädel girls at a political event in the village. Stefan Bauer documents include a genealogical book, two apprenticeship diplomas, an employment book, two driver’s licenses, a payroll tax card, a discharge letter from prisoner of war captivity, and a document attesting wartime injuries. Theresia Koller documents include two identification cards. The collection also includes an account book belonging to Theresia Bauer’s father and a driver’s license belonging to her uncle. - Date
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inclusive:
1926-1958
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Theresia Bauer
- Collection Creator
- Theresia Bauer
- Biography
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Theresia Bauer (1923-2014) was born in Neckenmarkt, Austria to Josef (b. 1889) and Theresia (b. Hahn, 1896) Koller. She had two brothers, Franz and Georg Koller and one half-brother, Josef Hahn. She joined the Bund Deutscher Mädel in 1937, when it was still illegal in Austria, but hid it from her parents until the Anschluss. Her brothers had already joined. Her husband, Stefan Bauer, a friend of one of her brother’s, was held as a Soviet prisoner of war from 1945 to 1947.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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5 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The Theresia Bauer papers are arranged as a single series.
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
- Topical Term
- Youth movements--Austria. National socialism and youth. National socialism and genealogy. Austria--History--1938-1945. World War, 1939-1945--Russia--Prisoners and prisons.
- Geographic Name
- Horitschon (Austria) Neckenmarkt (Austria) Oberpullendorf (Austria : Politischer Bezirk)
- Corporate Name
- Bund Deutscher Mädel
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Theresia Bauer donated her papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-24 14:16:12
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39194
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