Tritsch family collection

Identifier
irn500347
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0088
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500347

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Ernst Tritsch

Biographical History

Ernst Tritsch was born in Vienna, Austria on 09 Jan. 1891 to a Jewish family. He attended the University of Vienna for a year, before becoming manager of the currency exchange department of the Laenderbank of Vienna. He was taken into custody on 11 Nov. 1938, following Kristallnacht. He spent four months in Dachau. He and his Jewish wife, Sofie, were able to immigrate to the United States via Switzerland and England. He died of a heart attack on 25 Oct. 1976 in New York. Sophie died on 28 Nov. 1992.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The documents and letters were collected by Ernst Tritsch and his wife, Sophie. Sophie Tritsch sent them to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 1988, and they were transferred to the USHRIA in Aug. 1993.

Scope and Content

Documents relating to the imprisonment of Ernst Tritsch in Dachau in 1938 following Kristallnacht.

System of Arrangement

Thematic

People

  • Tritsch, Ernst.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Jews--Austria--Vienna.

Genre

  • Document
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