Ruth Wanderer Biheller collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Ruth Biheller
Biographical History
Ruth Wanderer Biheller and other members of her family survived the Holocaust in hiding in Brzezany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). After liberation by the Russian Army in the summer of 1944, the family made an unsuccessful attempt to immigrate to Palestine. The family entered Aschau displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany, ca. September. 1945 and finally immigrated to the United States in June 1951.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Ruth Wanderer Biheller donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998.
Scope and Content
Contains eight black and white photoprints of scenes in Aschau displaced persons camp and an identification card (Kennkarte) for Guti Wanderer. The photographs depict scenes of the ORT training school in Aschau and an Israel independence parade.
People
- Wanderer family.
- Biheller, Ruth (Ruth Wanderer)
- Wanderer, Guti, 1909-
Corporate Bodies
- World ORT Union
Subjects
- Refugees--Germany--1940-1950.
- Refugee camps--Germany--1940-1950.
- Parades & processions--Germany--1940-1950.
Genre
- Identification cards.
- Photographs.
- Document
- Group portraits.