Ellen Fletcher papers

Identifier
irn523338
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.125
Dates
1 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Ellen Fletcher (née Amster) was born on Dec. 3, 1928, in Berlin, Germany. Her father, Leo Leib Auster, was an auditor. Her mother, Ilse Tebrich Auster, worked as a secretary. Ellen's parents divorced when she was a small girl, and her father returned to his native Poland before World War II. Ellen, as the daughter of a Polish citizen living in Germany, was considered a Polish citizen. She attended the Jewish School for Girls in Berlin. In December 1938 she left Berlin on a Kindertransport to England. She stayed in Harrowgate, a hostel for refugees in York and Leeds. Ellen's mother and stepfather succeeded in immigrating to the United States in June 1941. Ellen joined them in N.Y. in May 1946. She married Martin W. Fletcher in 1955.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ellen Fletcher

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Ellen Fletcher.

Scope and Content

The collection consist of six report cards issued by the Mädchenvolksschule der jüdischen Gemeinde and one report card issued by the Joseph Lehmann-Schule in Berlin, Germany, to Ellen Auster.

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