Wolf and Hirschen families collection
Extent and Medium
folder
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Creator(s)
- Wilhelm Wolf
Biographical History
Emma and Wilhelm Wolf were deported from Offenbach on September 27, 1942 to Theresienstadt concentration camp in the Czech Republic, where they perished on February 20, 1943 and January 24, 1943, respectively. Hermann and Johanna Hirschen were deported from Offenbach, Germany, also on September 27, 1942 to Theresienstadt, where Johanna died. Hermann survived and was liberated in Theresienstadt.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Thomas Hirschen
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Thomas Hirschen.
Scope and Content
Contains a letter and photographs illustrating the Wolf and Hirschen families in Germany. The letter was written between June 5 and September 4, 1942 by Emma Wolf in Offenbach, Germany to her children, Lisl, Gretl and Richard, who had immigrated to the United States. Photographs primarily illustrate the extended family's pre-war life in Germany.
Genre
- Document
- Letters.
- Photographs.