"Little Lily"

Identifier
irn502743
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.A.0005
  • RG-02.031
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502743

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

Ramsay, Claire

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Claire Ramsay in 1990.

Scope and Content

Contains the remembrances of Lily Zelenka in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, as a victim of deportation, prisoner in several concentration camps, and survivor of the Holocaust. "Little Lily" covers a general span of time from 1900 through the 1950s. "Little Lily" was written by Claire Ramsay as told to her by Lily Zelenka in 1981. Ramsay was a friend of Zelenka.

People

  • Zelenka, Carlo.
  • Zelenka, Lily.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945.
  • Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Hamburg (Germany)
  • Harburg-Wilhelmsburg (Germany)
  • Jews--Czechoslovakia.
  • Quakers.
  • Jews--Austria.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations.
  • World War, 1914-1918.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

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.

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