Overview
- Description
- Contains a postcard addressed to Mrs. Hermine Rothmüller in Vienna, Austria and sent by Franz Otto Rothmüller in the Dachau concentration camp. In the postcard, Franz asks his mother to go to the authorities to get him released, 1938 December The papers also include an envelope addressed to Justin Rosenstock in New York, sent by Friedl Rosenstock, the sister of Justin Rosenstock and and Emmy Dornhelm in Schweinfurt, Germany, a Deutsches Reich Reisepass belonging to Franz Otto Rothmüller (1939), and a Heimatschein for Franz Otto Rothmüller issued in Vienna in 1925.
- Date
-
inclusive:
1938-1939
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Emmy Dornhelm
- Collection Creator
- Emmy R. Dornhelm
- Biography
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Franz Otto Rothmüller was the donor's brother-in-law. He was arrested and sent to Dachau concentration camp following the Anschluss (Mar. 1938) in Austria. His wife secured an American visa, and they emigrated to Brooklyn, N.Y. He died at the age of 55.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Postcards. Stamped envelopes.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is chronological.
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
- Corporate Name
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Emmy Dornhelm in 1991 and 1993. They were transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives as part of the unification project and cataloged on January 23, 2009.
- Primary Number
- 1991.187
- Record last modified:
- 2024-03-20 07:22:17
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515555
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