Overview
- Description
- Contains 98 pre-World War II and wartime photographs of the extended family of Ruth Wottizky Binder. Included are photographs of the Weigl, Spaeth, Klepetar, Wottizky, and Goldstein families who lived in Buchlovice, Moravia, and in Sevetin, Olomouc, and Tabor, Czechoslovakia. The Wottizky family managed to emigrate to the United States in 1939. The families remaining in Europe were deported to Theresienstadt and to Auschwitz; only three people survived the war.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
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Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Ruth Wottitzky Binder donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Aug. 2, 1996
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-01 11:41:31
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Contains materials documenting the experiences of Ruth Binder during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note
Object
Scrip, valued at 1 krone, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note
Object
Scrip, valued at 2 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note
Object
Scrip, valued at 5 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note
Object
Scrip, valued at 10 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note
Object
Scrip, valued at 100 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.
Ruth Binder papers
Document
Contains postcards from Theresienstadt and Birkenau; Juden-Evidenzkarte, testimony relating to victims who perished at Theresienstadt; and other related materials.
