Overview
- Description
- Includes a two-page biography of Margarete Elkan describing her acts of heroism during the Holocaust. The essay, "My heroine aunt," describes the work of Margarete Elkan as well as the stories of Bertha Bennigsohn and Elise Katz. Both the brief biography and the essay describe the experiences of German Jews before and after the Holocaust.
- Date
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1987
- Collection Creator
- Frank Lowenstein
- Biography
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Dr. Frank Lowenstein is a native of Germany and a former medical student of the University of Berlin. He immigrated to the United States in Sept. 1938 and later settled in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic
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
- Topical Term
- Deportation. Older people. Gas chambers. Jewish property. Emigration and immigration. Physicians. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Geographic Name
- Berlin (Germany) Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)
- Personal Name
- Lowenstein, Frank. Katz, Elise. Bennigsohn, Bertha. Elkan, Margarete.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- "My heroine aunt" was written in 1987 by Dr. Lowenstein as a tribute to the memory of his aunts, Margarete Elkan, Bertha Bennigsohn, and Elise Katz. Before donating the essay to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Dr.Lowenstein added a brief biography of Margarete Elkan in the form of a cover letter.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:59:47
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