Ruth Tsotsis collection

Identifier
irn45569
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.62.1
Dates
1 Jan 1990 - 31 Dec 2012
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Scheuer Tsotsis

Ruth Tsotsis donated her memoirs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.

Scope and Content

Consists of two memoirs written by Ruth Scheuer Tsotsis, originally of Mainz am Rhein, Germany. The first, entitled "My Personal History," 3 pages written in 2012, describes Ruth's childhood, attending a Jewish school after 1936, her memories of Kristallnacht, and of the family's emigration to Mexico City in 1940. She also describes the fate of members of her extended family. In "When I was Ten--A Travelogue," 7 pages written in 1990, Ruth describes in detail her family's experiences leaving Germany in 1940, crossing through the Soviet Union, arriving in Japan, and emigrating by boat to South America. The family first attempted to go to Chile, but were unable to land; the family was finally granted permission to land in Mexico, where they survived the war.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Ruth Tsotsis

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