Overview
- Description
- Consists of papers related to the Holocaust experiences of Ruth Salmon Seltzer, originally of Lambsheim, Germany. Ruth was sent on a Kindertransport from Germany to France in 1939, and lived in the OSE home of La Guette, before being sent to the United States in 1941. Her mother and sisters spent part of the war in the Rivesaltes and Gurs concentration camps, and emigrated to the United States after the war. The collection includes wartime paperwork, identity cards, and restitution documentation, including correspondence regarding the decision to legally declare the deaths of Ruth's older brothers, one of whom died as a member of the French resistance, the other of whom was deported to Łódź and presumably perished. Also includes immediate post-war correspondence between Ruth in the United States and her mother and sisters in France, as well as OSE reunion information and a copy of Heinz (Henry) Löw's diary written as a child in various OSE homes.
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-2006
- Collection Creator
- Ruth S. Seltzer
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Identification documents.
- Extent
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2 boxes
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- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--France. Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)
- Geographic Name
- France
- Personal Name
- Seltzer, Ruth Salmon.
- Corporate Name
- World Union OSE
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Steven and Rochelle Seltzer donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on April 17, 2007.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-28 09:14:57
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