Overview
- Description
- Contains 249 letters written by Bertha Taenzer to her children, Erwin and Ilse, from 1937 to 1943. Bertha Taenzer (b. 1876, Merchingen, Baden, Germany) died in Theresienstadt concentration camp on September 25, 1943.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Photograph.
- Extent
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1 box
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Corporate Name
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Erwin Taenzer and Ilse Taenzer received the letters from their mother, Bertha Taenzer from1937 to 1943. The letters to Ilse written after 1939 were forwarded to her sister, Irene, in Budapest, then on to Ilse in London. Erwin Taenzer acquired the complete set of letters after Ilse's death in 1979. He donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in July1997.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:55:20
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501731
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