Aenne Hertz papers

Identifier
irn502417
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.176
Dates
1 Jan 1910 - 31 Dec 1959
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received these papers from Ilse Berg on June 14, 2000. Ilse Berg obtained these papers after the death of her husband, the nephew of Aenne Hertz.

Scope and Content

Contains legal documents and correspondence pertaining to Aenne Hertz, a social worker in Germany from 1933 to 1941. After being fired from her public job in 1933 by the Nazis she became a social worker for Jewish organizations and enabled Jews to escape Nazi Germany.

Genre

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.