Ellen Fass Zilka papers

Identifier
irn88144
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.281.1
Dates
1 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1991
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

5

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ellen Zilka

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Ellen Zilka.

Scope and Content

Documents and photographs concerning the experiences of the Ellen Fass (donor), who was sent from Germany to the United Kingdom with her brother Gerd [later known as Gerald Freeman] as part of the Kindertransport in 1939. Included is correspondence written by her parents who did not survive, dated 1939-1940, and by others. Also included is a collection of documents illustrating the experiences of Marie Goerlich (donor’s distant relative) who survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Ellen R. Zilka

Subjects

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.