Ahlem commemorative collection

Identifier
irn39205
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.57
  • RG-04.083
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 2009
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39205

Extent and Medium

oversize box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Renate Bauschke

Renate Bauschke, former principal of Hauptschule Ahlem in Hannover, Germany, donated this material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in April 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of two commemorative books related to the history and liberation of the Ahlem concentration camp. One book, entitled "Memorial Book for the victims of KZ Ahlem made by Hauptschule Ahlem; Hannover, Germany" contains photographs, newspaper clippings, survivor testimony, and names lists compiled by students regarding the history of Ahlem and documenting various commemorative events. Also includes one book entitled "Ich bin Gewesen in Ahlem" showing artwork by students commemorating individual victims who perished at Ahlem. Each piece of artwork gives the name, birth, and death dates of the victim.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Renate Bauschke

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching--Germany.
  • Concentration camps--Germany--Ahlem.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Ahlem.
  • Holocaust memorials--Germany--Ahlem.
  • Hannover (Germany)

Genre

  • Publications.
  • Document
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