Ursula Wolff photographs

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.409.1

Overview

Description: Five photographs regarding Ursula Wolff (donor's cousin).
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sonja Gietz-Kijora
Collection Creator: Ursula Wolff
Biography: Ursula Wolff’s father was Jewish, and her mother Erna was a Mischling. Erna's "Christian" brother was drafted into the German army and died fighting in Russia. Erna hid Ursula with her cousin Dietrich J. Kijora (1929–2005) and his family from 1942-1944. The Kijora family was denounced by a neighbor, and Ursula was arrested along with Dietrich’s father Alfred Kijora (1893–1967). Erna was also sent to a concentration camp. Ursula and Erna’s fates are unknown.

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by the Estate of Dietrich J. Kijora, cousin of Ursula Wolff.