Gerhard and Ursula Naumann Maschkowski collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The collection consists of scrip, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Gerhard Maschkowski before the Holocaust in Elbing, Germany, and during the Holocaust in Neuendorf and Auschwitz concentration camps, and of documents, correspondence, and photographic postcards relating to the experiences of Ursula Naumann (later Maschkowski) and her family during the Holocaust in Theresienstadt, and to both Gerhard and Ursula after the war in Deggendorf displaced persons camp, where they met, and in the United States where they later settled.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 and 2015 by Gerhard Maschkowski.