Overview
- Description
- The Olga Shonberger collection consists of the final letter written in Hungarian by Olga Shonberger to her brothers before she was deported from Satu Mare, Romania. Olga perished at Auschwitz concentration camp, but her two brothers survived the Holocaust. The collection also includes prewar photographs depicting Olga Shonberger and Desider Klarnann.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1940-1944
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Miriam Klarnann Levitas and Felicia Klarnann Gidal
- Collection Creator
- Olga Shonberger
- Biography
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Olga Shonberger, Desider Klarnann's first wife, was deported from Satu Mare, Romania and perished at Auschwitz concentration camp. She had two brothers who survived.
Physical Details
- Language
- Hungarian
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Correspondence.
- Extent
-
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Olga Shonberger collection is arranged in a single series.
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.
- Copyright Holder
- Ms. Miriam Levitas
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania. Holocaust victims. Holocaust survivors. Families.
- Geographic Name
- Satu Mare (Satu Mare, Romania) Romania.
- Personal Name
- Shonberger, Olga. Klarnann, Desider.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Miriam Klarnann Levitas and Felicia Klarnann Gidal, daughters of Desider Klarnann. Olga Shonberger was their father's first wife.
- 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:
- 2024-04-01 11:42:25
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn694114
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