Olga Warburg collection
Extent and Medium
2 boxes
Biographical History
Olga Warburg was born in Hamburg (b. Nov 17 1898), the eldest of five children of Abraham Samuel (Aby S.) Warburg and his second wife Elly Jeanette. She married Friedrich Lachmann in 1919 but divorced in 1931. She spent the duration of the Second World War in semi-hiding in Amsterdam, where she wrote extensive memoirs about her childhood in Hamburg and her family history.
Acquisition
Donated 12.11.2019
Donor: Tanya Andrews
Scope and Content
The collection comprises extensive childhood memoirs written by Olga Lachmann née Warburg during her time in Amsterdam, as well as other family papers including business correspondence of her father regarding ‘the Jewish question’, and records of Olga’s family.
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Currently, only the digital images of the letters on the last great ‘famine’ winter in Amsterdam (1944-5) are available (ref. no. 2218/7). Readers should book a reading room terminal to access them.
People
- Warburg family
Subjects
- Jewish Question
- Unpublished memoirs
- Jews in hiding
- Family documents [doc]
Places
- Amsterdam
- Hamburg