Overview
- Description
- Prewar and wartime photographs depict Fanny, Wilhelm, and their families, including siblings, parents, and cousins. The collection also includes Frieda Reichnitzer’s poetry book and cookbook, two of Fanny’s autograph books, and Lory Kahn’s autograph book.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1891-circa 1948
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Shulamith Ziv
- Collection Creator
- Feiga Menczel
- Biography
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Feiga (Fanny) Menczel (also Menzel and later Kahn, b. 1906 or 1907) was born in Poland to Shmil Menczel (b. 1869) and Adele Menczel (née Tinter, b. 1870) and had three siblings: Berta (b. 1900), Joseph (b. 1911), and Helen (Lene, b. 1912). During World War I, Fanny and her family left Poland and moved to Vienna, Austria. Fanny met Wilhelm (Willy) Theodor Kahn (b. 1904, Vienna, Austria) through the Blau Weiss Zionist Youth movement and they married on June 20, 1931. Wilhelm had at least one sibling, Lory (Lore, circa 1902-1922) Khan, and his mother’s name was Frieda Reichnitzer (d. circa 1923). Wilhelm left Vienna for Palestine in 1933 and was joined by Fanny in 1934. Fanny briefly returned to Vienna to finish her degree at the University of Vienna then returned to Palestine where she worked as a pharmacist and Wilhelm worked as an electrical engineer. They had one daughter, Shula (Shulamit) born on January 28, 1937 in Palestine. Helen studied medicine in Vienna and married Edouard Reichwager (later Reeves). After the the German annexation of Austria in March 1938 (Anschluss), Joseph left for France where he settled in Lyon. Shmil and Adele emigrated from Vienna to Palestine in 1938.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Photographs.
- Extent
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4 folders
4 book enclosures
2 oversize boxes
1 oversize folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Menczel, Kahn, and Reichnitzer family papers are arranged as 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. Shulamith Ziv
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Austria--Vienna. Jewish families--Palestine.
- Geographic Name
- Vienna (Austria) Palestine.
- Personal Name
- Manczel, Feiga. Kahn, Wilhelm. Kahn, Lory. Reichnitzer, Frieda.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Shulamith Ziv in 2020.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-07-25 15:56:07
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Also in Menczel, Kahn and Reichnitzer family collection
The collection consists of documents, photographs, books, and a textile relating to the holocaust-era experiences of Shulamith Ziv's family. This includes a Deutsches Reisepasse belonging to Szmil and Adele Menczel, prewar photographs of the donor's maternal and paternal grandparents and cousins, transportation passes, announcement of PhD ceremony for the donor's mother, Fanny Menczel Kahn, and other documents. Also, a poetry book written by and a cookbook belonging to Frieda Reichnitzer, the donor's mother-in-law, an autograph book belonging to Fanny Menczel, two friendship books belonging to Lory Menczel, and a textile embroidered by Freida Reichnitzer with a lullaby. The textile was hung around the bed of her daughter Lory Kahn.
Textile embroidered with a lullaby
Object
A textile embroidered with a lullaby by Freida Reichnitzer. The textile was hung around the bed of her daughter Lory Kahn.
