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Isabella Leitner collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1989.061 | RG Number: RG-10.015.01

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    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
    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

    Language
    Hungarian English
    Genre/Form
    Registers.
    Extent
    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

    Geographic Name
    Hungary. New York (N.Y.)

    Administrative Notes

    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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