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Hertha Mirabeau letter

Document | Accession Number: 1992.A.0105 | RG Number: RG-10.067.01

The collection consists of a letter written by Hertha Mirabeau (Königsberger) in Krefeld, Germany in April 1942 to her daughter. Hertha was deported to Theresienstadt several months later.

Date
creation:  1942
Language
German
Genre/Form
Letters.
Extent
1 folder

About This Document

Document Creator
Hertha Mirabeau
Biography
Hertha Mirabeau was born Hertha Königsberger on 21 August 1879 in Krefeld, Germany to Leopold and Jenny (née Wilmerdörfer) Königsberger. She was deported to Theresienstadt in July 1942. On 23 October 1944 she was sent on Transport 467 to Auschwitz where she perished.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Kurt M. Elsner
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Original of letter was written in Krefeld, Germany in Apr. 1942 by donor's mother-in-law Hertha Mirabeau, to donor's wife before Mrs. Mirabeau's deportation to Terezin. Donor sent the photocopy to Michael Berenbaum, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Project Director, in May 1992. Berenbaum subsequently turned it over to Archives.

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:06:47
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