Overview
- Description
- Consists of various materials concerning Isabella Katz Leitner and her family. The documents relate specifically to the emigration of the Katz family members to the United States and the search for other family members who were left behind in Germany. Also included is an audiotape containing a speech by Hajo Kolshorn, a former junior officer of the Nazi German navy. The speech is one in a series from the "History as Recollection" program at Marietta College. The speech discusses antisemitism.
- Collection Creator
- Isabella Leitner
- Biography
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Isabella Leitner (b. 1921) was born in Kisvárda, Hungary and survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1945 and settled in New York City.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Registers.
- 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
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The material was collected by Isabella Leitner after the Holocaust and while writing "Fragments of Isabella." The materials were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum via Hadassah Rosensaft.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:59:51
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