Overview
- Description
- The Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling collection consists of copies of documents and photographs, in German and English, related to Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling, who was born in 1902 near Leipzig, Germany, and was a member of the anti-Nazi resistance. Schilling was arrested in 1939 and imprisoned in Sachsenhausen, where he died in November 1939, supposedly of natural causes. Copies include pre-war Schilling family information, copies of letters Schilling wrote from Sachsenhausen, and post-war material memorializing his life and resistance work. Collection compiled and biography written by Schilling's nephew, Volker Anders, in 2007, and translated by his great-nephew, Peter Anders.
- Date
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inclusive:
1900-2011
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Anders
- Collection Creator
- Friedrich W. Schilling
- Biography
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Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling (1902-1939) was born on February 12, 1902 near Leipzig, Germany to Karl Schilling (1874-1958) and Luise Schilling (née Augustin, 1879-1953). He was a member of the anti-Nazi resistance. He was arrested in 1939 and imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where he died on November 4, 1939 of supposedly natural causes.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Correspondence.
- Extent
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1 folder
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
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. Anti-Nazi movement. Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)
- Geographic Name
- Germany. Leipzig (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Schilling, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1902-1939.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Peter Anders donated the Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011. Peter Anders is the great-nephew of Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling.
- 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:
- 2024-07-08 11:50:19
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn45019
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