Else Levy Billin collection

Identifier
irn519144
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.382
Dates
1 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1983
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn519144

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Andrew Billin donated his mother's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Oct. 6, 2007.

Scope and Content

Consists of papers related to the Holocaust experiences of Else Levy Billin, originally of Konz, Germany, near Trier. Includes her pre-war and wartime vaccination records, and work certificates from Theresienstadt, (Terezin) where she spent the war. Includes postcards sent from Else Levy and her mother, Gerta Levy, from Terezin to various family members. Also includes one letter, 1983, from Else Levy Billin to the mayor of Trier asking for his assistance in returning to Germany to see her hometown once more.

Genre

  • Document
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