Overview
- Description
- Consists of documents, correspondence and identification card illustrating the experiences of Pauline and Peter Eckerling and their son Herbert, and their efforts to flee Nazi-occupied Austria. The collection includes documents illustrating the arrest and deportation to Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps in 1938, the release and family flight to the United Kingdom, Peter's arrest as an enemy alien in 1940 and transport on the ship the Dunera to Australia where he was held as an enemy alien by the British. The collection also includes materials demonstrating his transfer back to the United Kingdom and his subsequent death there in 1944. Also included is correspondence illustrating Herbert and Pauline's eventual immigration to the United States in 1940. Illustrated Yahrzeit [memorial] calendar to honor Peter.
- Date
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inclusive:
1938-1944
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Herbert Eckerling
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 box
- System of Arrangement
- Collection is unarranged.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of the material(s) in this collection. 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
- Mr. Herb Eckerling
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Immigration and emigration.
- Corporate Name
- Dachau (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2023 by Herbert Eckerling.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-03-14 08:50:31
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn740995
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