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Basel family collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0268 | RG Number: RG-19.054

Overview

Description: Contains two passports for Ruwen Basel, three identification cards for Fela Liebgold and Ruwen Basel, correspondence pertaining to reparation payments, and Ruwen Basel's work for United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) as a camp supply officer.
Date: inclusive: 1906-1975
Collection Creator: Aliana B. Von Richthofen
Biography: Aliana Brodmann E. von Richthofen's parents, David and Rysza Brodmann (nee Liebgold) survived Auschwitz, along with Rysza Brodmann's, sister Fela Liebgold. David Brodmann was liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp. Rysza and Fela were liberated during a death march in Grimma, Germany. After the World War II, Aliana Brodmann E. von Richthofen married Ruwen Basel, a survivor from Lithuania in the Feldafing displaced persons camp, and worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration as a warehouse officer and camp supply officer.

Physical Details

Language: German English
Genre/Form: Identification cards. Passports.
Extent: 6 folders
System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Refugee camps--Germany--Feldafing. Refugees--Germany--Feldafing. Death marches--Germany--Grimma.
Personal Name: Basel family. Basel, Ruwen. Brodmann, David. Brodmann, Rysza Liebgold. Liebgold, Fela. Richthofen, Aliana Brodmann E. von.
Corporate Name: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Aliana Brodman E. von Richthofen, niece of Ruwen Basel, donated the materials to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum via Martin Goldman of the Museum's Office of Survivor Affairs on Dec. 8, 1998.

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