Journal

Object | Accession Number: 2001.61.3

Classification: Office Equipment and Supplies
Category: Stationery
Object Type: Notebooks (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Selma Wideroff

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Physical Description: Rectangular form; leather cover with woven border along edge; leather straps with woven pattern attached to top and bottom of front and back cover; two loops attached to front cover for ends of straps to secure opening; interior blank pages
Dimensions: overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
Materials: overall : leather, paper
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The journal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 by Selma Wideroff.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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Selma Wideroff papers

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The Selma Wideroff papers consist of correspondence, reports, and photographs documenting Selma Wideroff’s work for the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Germany from 1945‐1946 in the Bergen‐Belsen displaced persons camp and later at the Blankenese children's center on the Warburg Estate near Hamburg. Correspondence and reports include descriptions of Wideroff’s work in Europe, the use of the Warburg estate, activities in the British Zone, displaced communities in cities around Germany, directives for education programs. This series also includes JDC letters of introduction and of recommendation for Wideroff, her movement orders, and her reports on her radio interviews about her activities in Europe. Photographs depict Selma Wideroff and other staff members and children at the Bergen‐Belsen DP camp and the Blankenese children’s center.