Meyer family collection

Identifier: irn613027
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn613027

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Tana Ross.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, photograph and prayer book illustrating the experiences of Tana and her parents Gerda and Heinz Meyer and her grandmother Charlotte Abelt. Correspondence from Charlotte and Gerda to Charlotte's sister and brother-in-law in Sweden. Charlotte and Tana survived in Theresienstadt. Gerda and Heinz separately deported to Auschwitz where Gerda was killed.

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Meyer family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597055
- English
- 1939-1940
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains correspondence, dated 1939-1940, and a photograph concerning the experiences of Gerda and Heinz Meyer, their daughter Tana (donor), and Tana's grandmother Charlotte Abelt. Includes correspondence from Charlotte and Gerda to Charlotte's sister and brother-in-law in Sweden. Charlotte and Tana survived in Theresienstadt; Gerda and Heinz were separately deported to Auschwitz, where Gerda was killed.
Prayer book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn613028
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Prayer book illustrating the experiences of Tana and her parents Gerda and Heinz Meyer and her grandmother Charlotte Abelt.

Meyer family collection

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Meyer family papers

Prayer book