Rosmarie Meldola Haarburger letter

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2016.441.1

Overview

Description: Contains a letter written by Dr. Rosmarie Meldola Haarburger [donor's maternal aunt] on August 1, 1945 in Amsterdam, immediately after her liberation and recuperation from the Aschersleben concentration camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald. Dr. Meldola was deported to Auschwitz in August 1944 and tattooed with prisoner number A-25140. In December 1944 she was transferred to Bergen Belsen concentration camp, and in March 1945 she was taken to the subcamp of Buchenwald. Dr. Meldola wrote this letter to her three sisters in the US: Erika, Grete and Were Luise (donor's mother) in which she described her experiences.
Date: 1945 August 01
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Renée H. Rollin In memory of the Meldola Family and Straus Family

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Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection in 2016 by Renée H. Rollin, niece of Rosmarie Meldola Haarburger.