Overview
- Description
- Consists of one photograph album containing pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the extended Kliger family, originally of Germany and Austria. Includes correspondence and documentation regarding Evelyn Kliger, who was sent to England on a Kindertransport in 1939, while her parents, Josef and Katherina Kliger, escaped from Vienna to Switzerland. Includes letters from Evelyn in England to her parents as well as correspondence to relief agencies after the war, as her parents sought to reunite with their daughter. Also includes documentation related to Josef Kliger's post-war conversion from Judaism to Christianity.
- Date
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1870-1980
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Photograph albums.
- Extent
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1 box
1 oversize box
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
- Topical Term
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--England.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Joslin Kryjcir donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 11, 2006. Ms. Kryjcir found the material in a basement of a house she purchased, which belonged to Evelyn Kliger, who passed away with no descendents.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:23:37
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