Dina Buchler Chen collection

Identifier
irn35748
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.207.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dina Buchler Chen

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Dina Buchler Chen.

Scope and Content

Pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of Dina Buchler [donor, now Dina Chen] and her parents. Includes are photos of Blanka First, with whom she lived after her mother smuggled her out of a concentration camp, and photos of the Beretics family, who hid her during the war. Includes a false baptism certificate; letters written by Dina's mother to her uncle Bela Weiss, who escaped to Shanghai; and a scrapbook and other materials pertaining to Paula Sitzer, an opera singer in Zagreb.

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.