Lotte Oppenheim: personal correspondence

Identifier
WL1762
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70916
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Jan 1946
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Berta Fraustaedter was born in 1869. According to the correspondence, her children Lotte, Kurt and Hans Fraustaedter had fled Nazi Germany. After the liberation of Terezin concentration camp Berta Fraustaedter moved to a Jewish retirement home in Berlin whilst awaiting approval for her emigration to her children in England.

Acquisition

Family docs

Donated February 2008

Donor: Robin Taylor

Scope and Content

This collection consists of the personal correspondence of Lotte Oppenheim regarding the tracing of her mother, Berta Fraustaedter, after the Second World War. Berta Fraustaedter was a Holocaust survivor of Theresienstadt concentration camp.

Included are correspondence with the Jewish Refugee Committee, the International Committee of the Red Cross and friends regarding arrangements for her mother to move to the UK.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

People

Places

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.