Friedrich and Edith Löw Taussig collection

Identifier: irn193283
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn193283

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 and 2015 by Edith Löw Taussig.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Star of David badge, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Edith Löw before and during the Holocaust in Vienna, Austria, and documents relating to the experiences of Friedrich Taussig during the Holocaust in slave labor camps and in Vienna.

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Star of David badge with Jude worn by Austrian Jewish woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn191225
- English
- overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Star of David badge worn by Edith Löw in Vienna, Austria, from September 1, 1941, until her liberation in April 1945. Austrian Jews were required to wear Judenstern (Jewish Stars) at all times to humiliate and mark them as Jews. Edith and her mother Friedericke got their patches at the Jewish community center and hemmed them to look nicer. After Germany annexed Austria in March 1938, Edith’s father Otto lost his job and fled to Yugoslavia. At age 14, Edith stopped attending school and worked at the Jewish community daycare. By late summer 1942, the center closed because of mass deportations...
Edith Löw Taussig collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50830
- English
- box 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Documents, photographs, and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Edith Löw who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1926 and remained there throughout the Holocaust. Collection includes correspondence received by Edith Löw from her mother who was deported to Theresienstadt as well as from friends that were also deported and corresponded with her. Documents include her identification papers while working in the Jewish community and pre-war report cards and documentation. Also included are documents illustrating the experiences of Friedrich Taussing [donor's husband] who was interned in s...

Friedrich and Edith Löw Taussig collection

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Star of David badge with Jude worn by Austrian Jewish woman

Edith Löw Taussig collection