Wellisch family correspondence

Identifier
irn50110
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.47.1
Dates
1 Jan 1932 - 31 Dec 1975
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50110

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Edna Batya Quintana

Edna Batya Quintana donated her grandmother's correspondence to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of correspondence from Lena (Lina) Wellisch, of Vienna, Austria, to her son, Marcel Wellisch, who had emigrated to Palestine. The bulk of the correspondence is from 1939-1941, as Mrs. Wellisch described her experiences under Nazi occupation in Vienna and prior to her deportation.

People

  • Wellisch, Marcus.
  • Wellisch, Lena.

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Vienna.
  • Vienna (Austria)

Genre

  • Document
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