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Letters concerning Betty Katz and the home for the blind in Terezin

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1992.A.0086 | RG Number: RG-04.025.01

Overview

Description: Consists of original letters (accompanied by English translations) concerning Betty Falk Katz and the home for blind persons in Theresienstadt (Terezin). The letters describe the conditions for Jews in Berlin, Germany, during the Holocaust, the deportation of Katz and patients of the Institute for Jewish Blinds to Terezin, and the death of Katz in Terezin. Also included are photographs of Katz's grave in Theresienstadt and a sketch of Katz completed by her son, Lothar Katz.
Date: 1943-1991
Collection Creator: Betty F. Katz
Biography: Betty Katz was the director of the Institute for Jewish Blinds in Berlin-Steglitz, Germany, before the Holocaust. She was deported to the Terezín concentration camp on 14 Sept. 1942 along with many blind persons from the institute in Berlin. Katz died in Terezín on 3 June 1944. Miss Sommerfeld was Katz's assistant at the Institute of Blinds in Berlin. She volunteered to be deported with Katz and the institute patients and was with Katz at the time of her death in Terezín. Sommerfeld escaped to Swtizerland in Feb. 1945

Physical Details

Language: German English
Genre/Form: Photographs.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: Arrangement is thematic

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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: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps. Physically handicapped. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Germany. Health facilities. Holocaust survivors. Research institutes
Geographic Name: Berlin (Germany)
Personal Name: Katz, Betty Falk. Katz, Peter. Sommerfeld.
Corporate Name: Jewish Home for the Blind in Berlin-Stegliz Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The letters were received by Lothar Katz [donor's father] in the 1940s. The original letters (with English translations) and two photographs were given to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Oct. 1991.

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