Overview
- Description
- Comprised of correspondence authored by Helga Hollander Neumann of Vienna, Austria, sent to her friend Wyn Davies of England. The pair remained in contact after attending the same boarding school and Helga wrote to Wyn in the hopes of securing immigration assistance to England. She also described new hardships under National Socialism including her fears of being forced to clean the streets as other Jews in Austria had been compelled to do.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael Jacobson and David Fullagar
- Collection Creator
- Helga Newman
- Biography
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Helga Newman (1914-1977) was born Helga Holländer on August 2, 1914 in Cologne, Germany to Adolf Holländer (b. 1976) and Maria Holländer (Mizzi/Mitzi, née Buchsbaum, b. 1893). She had a twin brother, Werner Holländer (1914-1944), and a sister, Margot Holländer (later Margot Fromer and Margot Lobo Filho, b. 1912). In 1931 the family moved to Vienna, Austria. Helga married Richard Neumann in 1936. She and her husband fled to England by 1939, and in July 1940 they immigrated to the United States. Her parents and sister all survived the Holocaust. Her brother Werner was arrested in Kassel, Germany in May 1942 on charges of Rassenschande, or “race defilement,” and executed in Preungesheim Prison in May 1944.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence
- Extent
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1 folder
- 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
- Michael Jacobson
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Vienna (Austria)
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 2024 by Michael Jacobson.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-11-25 15:49:59
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Also in Holländer family collection
The collection documents the prewar, wartime, and postwar experiences of the extended Holländer family, including their prewar lives in Cologne, Germany and Vienna, Austria. Included are documents,correspondence, photo books, stereoslide viewer, poesie book, photographs, glass stereoslides, and a book.
Hollander family papers
Document
Includes documents, correspondence, photo books, poesie book, photographs, glass stereoslides, ephemera and a publication.
