Eva Williams: Family papers
Extent and Medium
1 folder
Creator(s)
- Williams, Eva
Biographical History
Richard Kohn, Eva's first cousin, was born in Vienna in 1920, to Alfred Kohn and Franziska Augusta, and later lived with his family in Döbling. His parents, sister and brother were all deported to Latvia and murdered by the Nazis. His father was a locksmith, who having become disenchanted with the Social Democrats, became a Communist. The family was very poor and Richard went to work in a Haschara camp so there would be one less mouth to feed. Under the Nazis Richard was sent with many others to Nisko in Poland as a slave labourer to build a concentration camp. He managed to escape to Russia shortly after the outbreak of war. He stayed initially on a farm in the vicinity of Lemberg, then after a long and tortuous journey ended up in Kazakhstan, where he met his wife, Bronislava née Tischler, an Usbeki from Tashkent, who like many women of the region worked in the coal mines. Richard had his leg amputated after a terrrible work accident. He remained in Kasakhstan, working as a theatre adminstrator where he and his wife had two daughters. In 1993 the family emigrated to Israel, then with his wife to Vienna.
Acquisition
family papers-1 folder
Donor: Williams, Eva
Scope and Content
This collection comprises the papers of Emanuel Kohn including certificates and testimonials, photographs, copy Red Cross telegrams, family tree; also letters from Kazakhstan from Richard Kohn to Eva Williams, 1983-1997.
System of Arrangement
Chronolgical by family member
Conditions Governing Access
Open
People
- Kohn, Richard
- Kolm, Emanuel
Subjects
- Immigration
- Holocaust
- Refugees
- Persecution
- Jews
- Industry
Places
- Vienna
- Kazakhstan