Marion Pritchard collection

Identifier
irn518793
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.79
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

oversize boxes

folder

2

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Marion Pritchard (1920-2016) was born Marion Philippina van Binsbergern on November 7, 1920 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Her father was a judge in Amsterdam and her mother was English. She was a student at the Amsterdam School for Social Work when Germany invaded and occupied the Netherlands in May 1940. Marion was arrested and briefly imprisoned in 1942 after German police raided a student gathering where they were listening to allied broadcasts. In late 1942 she moved to Huizen, Netherlands and hid a Jewish family, Fred Polak and his three children after his wife, Edwina Louisa Moor, was arrested for her involvement with the Resistance. After the war, Marion moved to Germany to work with UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). She worked in social services at the Föhrenwald and Windsheim displaced persons camps. She met Anton Pritchard (Tony), a former American Army officer who was also volunteering with UNRRA, and they married in Germany in 1947. They moved to the United States and settled in Boston, Massachusetts. They had three sons. She later worked in Boston as a social worker. Marion was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 1981 for her work to aid as many as 150 people during and immediately after the Holocaust.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Marion Pritchard donated her photograph albums to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on April 5, 2007.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of four photograph albums depicting the Föhrenwald and Windsheim displaced persons camps from 1945-1947. The albums depict refugees and staff, including Marion Pritchard and her husband Anton Pritchard, both of whom worked for United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in the DP camps after the war. Many of the photographs are annotated on the album pages.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

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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.