Overview
- Description
- Collection consists of photographs depicting the Kürschner family in Vienna, Austria, 1932 to 1948, photographs depicting life in the Leipheim DP camp, meeting her future husband, Benjamin Segal, and his brother Jehuda from Satu-Mare, and later in Israel.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1932-1948
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dita Kürschner Segal
- Collection Creator
- Dita Kürschner Segal
- Biography
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Dita Kürschner (b. 1930) was born to Lajos and Hedy Kürschner and they lived in Vienna, Austria. The family left Austria for Lajos Kürschner’s hometown, Nagykanizsa, Hungary, in March 1939. At the end of April 1944 the Jews of Nagykanizsa were forced into a ghetto and three weeks later they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. From June 1944 until September 1944 Dita and her mother, Hedy, were imprisoned in Gelsenberg concentration camp and later in Sommerda. Both survived the death march and immigrated to Israel. Dita’s father, Lajos, died in Buchenwald on January 2, 1945.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- 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
- 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
- Geographic Name
- Vienna (Austria) Nagykanizsa (Hungary)
- Personal Name
- Kürschner, Dita. Kürschner, Hedy. Kürschner, Lajos.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Sömmerda (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Ms. Dita Kürschner Segal
- Record last modified:
- 2024-08-02 13:46:46
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50925
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