Hertha Mirabeau letter

Identifier
irn503716
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.A.0105
  • RG-10.067.01
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503716

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Hertha Mirabeau

Biographical History

Hertha Mirabeau was born Hertha Königsberger on 21 August 1879 in Krefeld, Germany to Leopold and Jenny (née Wilmerdörfer) Königsberger. She was deported to Theresienstadt in July 1942. On 23 October 1944 she was sent on Transport 467 to Auschwitz where she perished.

Archival History

Kurt M. Elsner

Acquisition

Original of letter was written in Krefeld, Germany in Apr. 1942 by donor's mother-in-law Hertha Mirabeau, to donor's wife before Mrs. Mirabeau's deportation to Terezin. Donor sent the photocopy to Michael Berenbaum, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Project Director, in May 1992. Berenbaum subsequently turned it over to Archives.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a letter written by Hertha Mirabeau (Königsberger) in Krefeld, Germany in April 1942 to her daughter. Hertha was deported to Theresienstadt several months later.

People

  • Mirabeau, Hertha.
  • Elsner, Kurt M.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Krefeld (Germany)
  • Deportation.
  • 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.