Kurt and Frieda Wellisch and Ignaz and Rosine Auerbach collection

Overview

Collection Summary

Collection of documents, correpondence, photographs and publications surrounding Kurt and Frieda Wellisch and their escape from Nazi occupied Vienna, Austria. Kurt, a lawyer, was arrested and held by the Gestapo before being released and able to flee to the United States.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Fred Wellisch, the son of Kurt and Frieda Wellisch and grandson of Ignaz and Rosine Auerbach.