E. Ohly: Copy family papers
Extent and Medium
1 folder
Creator(s)
- Israelitische Kultusgemeinde. München
- Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland
- Jüdische Kultusvereinigung. Berlin
Biographical History
Sophie Scharvogel, grandmother of the depositor, who was born on 24 December 1859 in Mainz; was transported to Terezin on 1942 and died there on 16 November 1942. She was the widow of Professor J. J. Scharvogel. Karl Traumann, author of one of the letters who writes from Gurs concentration camp in the French Pyrenees, February 1941, was a patent lawyer from Karlsruhe, first cousin of Gertrud Ohly and nephew of Sophie Scharvogel, born Mannheim c1880, died at Gurs in 1942. He had a brother, Ernst, living in the U.S. at the time. Lotte Pariser, another correspondent, who writes from Terezin in May and June 1944, born on 7 September 1885, transported to Terezin on 6 June 1942, evacuated to Auschwitz to 28 October 1944. Anna Ansbacher, a friend of Sophie Scharvogel, was one of the lucky few to have been sent to Switzerland in exchange for lorries (?).
E. Ohly, the depositor, came to Great Britain in 1945 to join his father, who had returned to Great Britain in 1934. Since he was half Jewish he could no longer work in his profession as a sculptor in Germany. As he was born here it was not a problem. E. Ohly left Germany in 1934 for school in Switzerland and lived there until 1945. His mother, Gertrud, being half Jewish, survived the war and died in Munich on 20 March 1951.
Acquisition
Donated 1994
Donor: E. Ohly
Scope and Content
This collection of papers documents in part the experiences of a German Jewish family from Munich. The papers include original correspondence from friends and relatives and material from the Jewish organizations which arranged the details of the transport to Terezin.
System of Arrangement
The papers have been arranged chronologically mostly according to provenance.
Conditions Governing Access
Open