Hilde Sanderson: family papers
Extent and Medium
2 folders, 1 bundle
Biographical History
Rosa and Hedwig Seelig owned and ran a hotel for a relatively affluent clientele in Bad Kissingen, Bavaria. After the place was plundered during Kristallnacht, the two sisters went to live at a Jewish home for the aged in Frankfurt. They perished in Auschwitz during the war.
Archival History
These papers were in the possession of Hilde Sanderson (née Tachauer) and were appropriated by Stanley Tash (formerly Sally Tachauer), her brother and the depositor, after her death in 1981.
Acquisition
Donated October 1988
Donor: Stanley Tash
Scope and Content
This collection of papers documents in part the lives of a German Jewish family, persecuted by the Nazis, and the processes involved in the subsequent claim for restitution from the German government. The following is a list of the family members whose names occur in the collections.
\ Stanley Tash (Sally Tachauer), Hilde Sanderson (née Tachauer) and Gisela (Ella) Feuchtwanger (previously Plaut, née Tachauer) are all siblings.
\ Hedwig, Rosa and Alfred Seelig are all siblings, the aunts and uncle of the above.
\ Ilse Seelig, (later Warner) was a cousin of Regina Tachauer (née Tachauer), Stanly Tash's mother. Isak Tachauer was the father.
System of Arrangement
The papers have been arranged into three bundles in date order: papers re restitution claim (712/1); family correspondence (712/2); folder entitled ‘Alfred Seelig' (712/3).
Conditions Governing Access
Open
People
- Tachauer family
- Sanderson, Hilde
Subjects
- Family documents [doc]
- Restitution
- Racial persecution, Jews
- Letters
Places
- Bavaria
- Bad Kissingen