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Renate Bob collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.95 | RG Number: RG-10.501

Overview

Description: The Renate Bob collection consists of a report regarding the Ravensbrück concentration camp written immediately after the war, likely by a former inmate of the camp. The report (which was called "Mia's Report" by the donor's mother, though the author remains unknown) describes the history of the camp and the lives of prisoners. It was written in German but the collection also includes an English language translation. Also includes a document from the Dutch Red Cross to Hilde Hochfeld (Hoke) letting her know that members of the Katz family of Amsterdam perished in Sobibor in May and June 1943.
Date: inclusive: 1945-1948
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Renate Bob

Physical Details

Language: German English
Genre/Form: Personal narratives. Correspondence.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Renate Bob collection is arranged in 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: Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)--History. Concentration camp inmates. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust victims.
Geographic Name: Netherlands. Germany.
Personal Name: Katz family. Almus, Bertha Katz, 1883-1943. Katz, Kurt, 1906-1943. Berghold, Hedwig Emilie Katz, 1905-1943. Katz, Alexander, 1910-1943. Silberstein, Kathe Pauline Katz, 1911-1943. Katz, Eva Cornelia, 1938-1943. Katz, Ruth Dorothea, 1939-1943. Katz, Sady. Hochfeld, Hilde.
Corporate Name: Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Sobibór (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Renate Bob donated the Renate Bob collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010. The documents were discovered in her late mother's papers.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

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