Memoirs of Liselotte Kahn

Identifier
irn504331
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0287
  • RG-02.179
Dates
1 Jan 1970 - 31 Dec 1970
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504331

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Ely Jacques Kahn donated the memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.

Scope and Content

Describes Liselotte Kahn’s childhood in Germany; her marriage to Dr. Ernst Müller and the birth of their sons; Nazi antisemitism; their immigration to Greece; her husband's medical practice in Athens, Greece; the Italian and German invasion of Greece; their escape to Palestine; and their immigration to and experiences in the United States in 1941.

People

  • Kahn, Liselotte.

Subjects

  • Jews, German--Greece.
  • Jews--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography.
  • Greece--History--Occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Refugees, Jewish--New York (State)--Biography.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Antisemitism.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust--Biography.
  • Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Greece--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

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.