Benesch and Herman families collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Helen Clawson, the daughter of Franz Herman.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of documents, scrip, and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Franz Herman in Theresienstadt concentration camp in the former Czechoslovakia. Included is a postwar letter from Quito, Ecuador, four sets of Theresienstadt scrip (incomplete), certificates, and receipt issued by the Aeltestenrat der Juden [Jewish Council] in Prague, and a letter from 1943 with multiple authors. Booklet containing copies of Benesch family tree (donor's mother)
Genre
- Collection
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