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Gabi Rosberger collection

Document | Accession Number: 2004.7.1

Consists of photographs of the Lederer and Bruck families, circa 1938-1940, including photographs of Nina Lederova, whose watercolor is featured in "I Never Saw Another Butterfly." Also includes documentation for Mr. Kurt Reitler, who emigrated from Prague to Shanghai, including a 1940 Czech passport; receipts; identity cards; vaccination certification; and four multi-colored telegrams in Czech sending familial greetings.

Date
inclusive:  1930-1950
Language
Chinese
German
Czech
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Passport.
Identification cards.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gabrielle Rosberger

About This Document

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Document Creator
Gabrielle Rosberger
Biography
Robert and Rose (Bruck) Lederer had two children, Nina (b. 1930) and Peter (b. ca. 1933). Robert died in a labor camp in Oranienburg. Rose and the children were sent to Terezin in September 1942, and from there were deported to their death in Auschwitz on May 15, 1944. Rose could have been selected with Nina for work, but she refused to abandon Peter and insisted that all three remain together. As a result, they all perished. Emily (Waldstein) Bruck (Rose's mother) perished in Terezin in 1945. Paul and Blanka (Bruck) Heller (Rose's youngest sister) rented a room from Mr. Blazek in Plana after Jews were no longer allowed to work in Czechoslovakia. When the Hellers were sent to Terezin in 1942, Mr. Blazek hid the Bruck family home movies, pictures, vase, and figurines. Paul never returned from the front with the Czech Army. Blanka survived Auschwitz and retrieved the family heirlooms. Blanka had a daughter, Gabrielle Reiter Rosberger.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Gabrielle Rosberger.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-05-25 15:07:25
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Also in Gabi Rosberger collection

Consists of photographs of the Lederer and Bruck families ca. 1938-1940, including photographs of Nina Lederova, whose watercolor is featured in "I Never Saw Another Butterfly." Also includes documentation for Mr. Kurt Reitler, who emigrated from Prague to Shanghai, and a 1940 Czech passport, receipts, Chinese identity cards, and other vaccination certification; including four multi-colored telegrams in Czech sending familial greetings. Also contains film reels of b&w and color Kodachrome with home movies of the Lederer and Bruck families in Prague, Plana Nad Luznici, Pacov, and Stechovice, Czechoslovakia [Southern Bohemia] between 1930-1950. The small reel has "Zima 1939/40; Rezie; Ukamery; Mister Lederer" written on the label in pencil. Film and video materials are located in the Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum cataloged as RG-60.4054 to RG-60.4055 on Tapes 2680 and 2681.

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