Overview
- Description
- Consists of copies of letters and other documents relating to the life of Alma Landshut in Terezin. The letters tell of Landshut's deportation and various jobs in the camp. Other documents relate to her times of illness. The letters are accompanied by English translations.
- Date
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inclusive:
1943-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of George Fogelson
- Collection Creator
- Alma Landshut
- Biography
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Alma Landshut was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1875. She was deported to Theresienstadt in November 1942.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Letters.
- 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
- Holocaust survivors. Concentration camps. Escapes.
- Geographic Name
- Berlin (Germany) Cologne (Germany) Chicago (Ill.)
- Personal Name
- Fogelson, George. Landshut, Alma. Loewald, Rosel.
- Corporate Name
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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George Folgelson
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The letters were written by Alma Landshut while in Theresienstadt. They later became the possessions of the Fogelson family. George Fogelson sent the copies initially to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections Department. The materials were transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Oct. 1991. The copies were offically donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives by Mr. Fogelson in Feb. 1992.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:06:43
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