Overview
- Description
- Documents and photographs related to Sonia Fleischmann, who fled Prague to the United Kingdom in 1940. Eva and her sister, Milena Fleischmann, were sent ahead of their parents from Czechoslovakia on Kindertransport to the United Kingdom, in 1939. Items include the tag worn by Eva while traveling to the UK; photographs of Eva, Milena and the Radcliffe family who cared for the girls once they arrived in the UK; identification documents for “Seina Fleischmannova” and a luggage tag, documenting Sonja’s voyage through Oslo, Norway to Liverpool, UK and, according to trunk’s labels, to Hammond Street, Preston, Lancashire, UK; newspaper clipping of Eva’s arrival in Liverpool.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Eva Paddock
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--England.
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 2019 by Eva Paddock.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-01 11:42:49
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Also in Fleischmann family collection
Trunk brought from Czech Republic with Sonia Fleischmann, who fled Prague to the United Kingdom in 1940. Eva and her sister, Milena Fleischmann, were sent ahead of their parents from Czechoslovakia on Kindertransport, or, a children’s transport to the United Kingdom, in 1939. Backpack used and worn by Eva Fleischmann. Tag worn by Eva while traveling to the UK., photographs of Eva, Milena and the Radcliffe Family who cared for the girls once They arrived in the UK., Identification for “Seina Fleischmannova” and luggage tag, documenting Sonja’s voyage through Oslo, Norway to Liverpool, UK and, according to trunk’s labels, to Hammond Street, Preston, Lancashire, UK, newspaper clipping of Eva’s arrival in Liverpool. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Backpack
Object
Cloth backpack with leather straps, worn by Eva Fleischmann. She and her sister, Milena Fleischmann, were sent ahead of their parents from Czechoslovakia on Kindertransport, or, a children’s transport to the United Kingdom, in 1939.
Eva Paddock collection
Document
Consists of three documents relating to the Fleischmann (donor’s) family: 1) a written document, dated 13 March 1942, regarding confiscated property, Prague; 2) a 1940 telegram regarding the release of the donor’s mother from Czechoslovakia; and 3) a letter, dated 30 January 1940, to the donor’s father from William Jowett,in London,.
Trunk
Object
Trunk brought from Czech Republic with Sonia Fleischmann, who fled Prague to the United Kingdom in 1940. Eva and her sister, Milena Fleischmann, were sent ahead of their parents from Czechoslovakia on Kindertransport, or, a children’s transport to the United Kingdom, in 1939. According to the trunk’s labels, Sonia Fleischmann eventually resided on Hammond Street, Preston, Lancashire, UK.
