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Ellen Wall papers

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.117.52

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    Overview

    Description
    The Ellen Wall papers include identification papers, passes, and ration card documenting the imprisonment of the Wertheimer family from Frankfurt am Main in Theresienstadt from 1942 to 1945 and maps, name lists, poems, and reports documenting the Theresienstadt concentration camp and its survivors.
    Biographical materials include identification cards, work cards, vaccination cards, passes, and ration cards documenting the imprisonment of Betty, Ellen, and Max Wertheimer in Theresienstadt form 1942 to 1945.
    Theresienstadt materials include a name list of Theresienstadt survivors, a statistical report about those survivors, a report about the camp by Ludwig Stern, Leo Baeck’s announcement of the camp’s liberation, poems and songs written about the camp, maps of the camp, postcards depicting the town before the camp’s establishment, and ration tickets and a money order in the name of two Theresienstadt prisoners.
    Date
    inclusive:  circa 1930-1949
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ellen Wall
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Ellen Wall
    Collection Creator
    Ellen Wall
    Biography
    Ellen Wall (1921-1995) was born Ellen Wertheimer in Frankfurt am Main to Max (1879-1965) and Betty (nee Stern, 1895-1971) Wertheimer. Max Wertheimer was imprisoned in Buchenwald for two weeks following Kristallnacht. On September 16, 1942, the Wertheimer family was deported to Theresienstadt, where they remained until its liberation in May 1945. They returned to Frankfurt in July and immigrated to the United States in May 1946 aboard the Marine Flasher, the first ship to sail from Europe to the United States under President Truman’s directive on Displaced Persons.

    Physical Details

    Language
    German Czech
    Extent
    12 folders
    1 oversize folder
    System of Arrangement
    The Ellen Wall papers are arranged as two series: I. Biographical materials, 1939-1945, II. Theresienstadt materials, approximately 1930s-1949

    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.

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Ellen Wall donated the Ellen Wall papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 and 1992. The accession formerly cataloged as 1992.63 has been incorporated into this collection.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-03-30 15:12:17
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