Overview
- Description
- Consists of a copy of "True friends" by Klaus Driessen. The manuscript describes how the writer's mother, Mati Driessen, a German costume designer, rescued her friend and business partner, Lilli Wolff, a German Jew, from Nazi persecution.
- Date
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1991
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations. Hiding places. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Holocaust survivors--United States. Jewish ghettos--Austria--Vienna. Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Geographic Name
- Cologne (Germany) Vienna (Austria)
- Personal Name
- Driessen, Klaus. Driessen, Mati. Wolff, Lilli.
- Corporate Name
- Yad Vashem (Jerusalem)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Klaus Driessen
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- "True Friends" was written by Klaus Driessen in Jun. 1991. It was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives ca. Apr. 1992 via Harvey Sarner.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-05 11:27:40
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