Kurt and Frieda Wellisch and Ignaz and Rosine Auerbach collection

Identifier
irn639634
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Fred Wellisch, the son of Kurt and Frieda Wellisch and grandson of Ignaz and Rosine Auerbach.

Scope and Content

Collection of documents, correpondence, photographs and publications surrounding Kurt and Frieda Wellisch and their escape from Nazi occupied Vienna, Austria. Kurt, a lawyer, was arrested and held by the Gestapo before being released and able to flee to the United States.

Genre

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.