Helga Trauherz collection

Identifier
irn36095
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.317.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36095

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dita Sperling

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Dita Sperling.

Scope and Content

Contains a German passport issued to Helga Trauherz stamped with red letter "J" issued in October 1938, Berlin, Germany; and seven photographs depicting Helga in Paris, where she survived the Holocaust by posing as a non-Jewish woman with the help of false papers. Helga married Hanan Katz (donor's cousin), after the war.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Dita Sperling

Subjects

  • Paris (France).

Genre

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.