Estella d'Ancona-Vieijra papers

Identifier
irn517146
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.192.1
  • 2017.539
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Dutch
  • French
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Estella d'Ancona-Vieijra, Hetty's mother, was a Dutch Jew who was arrested during World War II and interned in Westerbork transit camp in the Netherlands, Theresienstadt concentration camp in the Czech Republic, Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland, and finally Lenzing labor camp in Austria where she was liberated in 1945.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hetty d'Ancona de Leeuwe

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Hetty D'Anconia de Leeuwe, the daughter of Estella d'Ancona-Vieijra. An accretion of additional material was added to the collection in 2017.

Scope and Content

The papers relate to the experiences of Estella d'Ancona-Vieijra immediately after World War II. Photographs of the d'Ancona family before the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, birth announcment of Hetty d'Ancona, and post war correspondence.

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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.