Henry Oertelt and Inge Fromm Oertelt families collection

Identifier: irn539956
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn539956

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Corey L. Samuels, granddaughter of Henry and Inge Oertelt and daughter of Stephanie Oertelt-Samuels, on behalf of the family of Henry and Inge Oertelt.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Star of David badge, Hitler Youth armband, photographs, copy prints, identity card, written testimony and presentations relating to the experiences of Henry Oertelt during the Holocaust when he was imprisoned in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Flossenburg, his postwar marriage to Inge Fromm in Germany, as well as materials used and received by Henry Oertelt and his daughter Stephanie Ortelt-Samuels during presentations about his experiences.

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Star of David badge with Jude printed in the center
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn548066
- English
- overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Red and white Hitler Youth armband with swastika
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn548067
- English
- overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Oertelt and Fromm families papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn548070
- English
- 1924-2008
- box 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Henry Oertelt of Berlin, Germany. Included are presentation scripts of his story authored by Henry and his daughter Stephanie Oertelt Samuels, pre-war photographs of his wife Inge Fromm’s family, an identification card of Inge’s mother Erma Fromm, copy prints of liberation camp photographs of the Buchenwald concentration camp, and video recordings of presentations done by Henry.

Henry Oertelt and Inge Fromm Oertelt families collection

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Star of David badge with Jude printed in the center

Red and white Hitler Youth armband with swastika

Oertelt and Fromm families papers