Overview
- Description
- Contains approximately 40 letters written by Aharon (Arnold) Rosenkrantz and his brother David (Dovid) Rosenkrantz to their parents, Josef and Pesia, in Vienna in 1938-1939, as well as a postcard of the ship Patria, in which one of the brothers, possibly both, boarded. Includes envelopes, with stamps removed. The collection also includes two letters by a brother from a Jewish summer camp in southern Austria in 1936, diary entries from Aaron from 1947, notebooks containing stories and poems written by Aaron, as well as birth certificates and his school and his physics and science studies notebooks. The family apparently came from Dresden and moved to Vienna to escape from the Nazis before the annexation of Austria. The parents were captured in Austria with the annexation and sent to concentration camps.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Photographs. Diaries.
- Extent
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4 folders
1 book enclosure
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
- Passenger ships.
- Corporate Name
- Patria (Ship)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018.
- Funding Note
- The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-08 07:39:52
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn625764
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