Overview
- Description
- Contains correspondence, dated 1939-1940, and a photograph concerning the experiences of Gerda and Heinz Meyer, their daughter Tana (donor), and Tana's grandmother Charlotte Abelt. Includes correspondence from Charlotte and Gerda to Charlotte's sister and brother-in-law in Sweden. Charlotte and Tana survived in Theresienstadt; Gerda and Heinz were separately deported to Auschwitz, where Gerda was killed.
- Date
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1939-1940
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tana Ross
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Photograph.
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
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- 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.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Tana Ross.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-03-08 07:30:45
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Correspondence, photograph and prayer book illustrating the experiences of Tana and her parents Gerda and Heinz Meyer and her grandmother Charlotte Abelt. Correspondence from Charlotte and Gerda to Charlotte's sister and brother-in-law in Sweden. Charlotte and Tana survived in Theresienstadt. Gerda and Heinz separately deported to Auschwitz where Gerda was killed.
Prayer book
Object
Prayer book illustrating the experiences of Tana and her parents Gerda and Heinz Meyer and her grandmother Charlotte Abelt.
