Annemarie Loewe Durra collection

Identifier: irn515061
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515061

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Kathryn Sucher, a cousin of Annemarie Durra.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two caricatures, thirteen newspapers, and a directory relating to the experiences of Annemarie Loewe Durra during the Holocaust when she was interned at Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia and after the war when she lived in Deggendorf displaced persons camp in Germany.

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Annemarie Loewe Durra papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86177
- English
- 1945-1946
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Copies of the Deggendorf "Center Revue" newspaper from the Deggendorf displaced persons camp; issues included are November 1945 (issues 1 and 2); January 12; January 26; February 15; February 28; March 15 (3 copies); March 30; April 15; May 18; and Jul. 8, 1946. The newspapers include caricatures and cartoons drawn by Annemarie Durra. Also includes one directory of inhabitants of the Deggendorf displaced persons camp as of January 1, 1946.
Caricature of a red haired man walking by an inmate of Theresienstadt
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86178
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 10.875 inches (27.623 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Ink line drawing of a red haired man in a suit drawn by Annemarie Loewe Durra in 1944 when she and her husband Willi were interned at Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. Annemarie and Willi were deported from Breslau, Germany on April 2, 1943. They were among the last remaining Jews in the city. Theresienstadt played a unique rule as a propaganda tool for the Germans. While by 1943, it was primarily a collection center for deportations to ghettos and killings centers in the east, the camp had an active cultural community. Annemarie, a professional illustrator...
Caricature of a man seated with a paper by an inmate of Theresienstadt
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86180
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 10.625 inches (26.988 cm) | Width: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Ink line drawing of an apprehensive man sitting with a notice in his lap drawn by Annemarie Loewe Durra in 1944 when she and her husband Willi were interned at Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. Annemarie and Willi were deported from Breslau, Germany, on April 2, 1943. They were among the last remaining Jews in the city. Theresienstadt played a unique rule as a propaganda tool for the Germans. While by 1943, it was primarily a collection center for deportations to ghettos and killings centers in the east, the camp had an active cultural community. Annemarie,...

Annemarie Loewe Durra collection

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Annemarie Loewe Durra papers

Caricature of a red haired man walking by an inmate of Theresienstadt

Caricature of a man seated with a paper by an inmate of Theresienstadt