Tritsch family collection

Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0088

Documents relating to the imprisonment of Ernst Tritsch in Dachau in 1938 following Kristallnacht.

Document Creator: Ernst Tritsch
Biography: Ernst Tritsch was born in Vienna, Austria on 09 Jan. 1891 to a Jewish family. He attended the University of Vienna for a year, before becoming manager of the currency exchange department of the Laenderbank of Vienna. He was taken into custody on 11 Nov. 1938, following Kristallnacht. He spent four months in Dachau. He and his Jewish wife, Sofie, were able to immigrate to the United States via Switzerland and England. He died of a heart attack on 25 Oct. 1976 in New York. Sophie died on 28 Nov. 1992.
System of Arrangement: Thematic
Topical Term: Jews--Austria--Vienna.
Geographic Name: Vienna (Austria)
Personal Name: Tritsch, Ernst.
Corporate Name: Dachau (concentration camp)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The documents and letters were collected by Ernst Tritsch and his wife, Sophie. Sophie Tritsch sent them to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 1988, and they were transferred to the USHRIA in Aug. 1993.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2021-05-25 15:00:03
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