Schlachter family correspondence

Identifier
irn672572
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.258.1
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn672572

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Creator(s)

  • Schlachter family

Biographical History

Liselott Schlachter was born on 23 July 1920 in Stuttgart, Germany to Leopold (1882-1942) and Gertrude (1899-1942, née Lindauer) Schlachter. Leopold worked as a businessman in Stuttgart. Liselott and her sister Margot (1923-2009) were rescued by Leopold Ascher and sent on a Kindertransport to Glasgow, Scotland. Leopold was married to Julia Schlachter and sponsored 65 families fleeing the Nazis to immigrate to the United States. Liselott and Margot immigrated to the United States in September 1940 aboard the SS Cameronia. The sisters lived in New York and remained in contact with their parents in Stuttgart from 1940-1941. Leopold and Gertrude were deported from Stuttgart on 1 December 1941 to the Jungfernhof concentration camp in Latvia. They both perished in the camp by 1942.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gary Blum

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Gary Blum, son of Liselot Schlachter.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of letters sent by Leopold and Gertrude Schlachter in Stuttgart, Germany from 1940-1941 to their daughters Liselott and Margot Schlacter in New York. Liselott and Margot fled Germany on a Kindertransport to Glasgow, Scotland and immigrated to the United States in September 1940. There is a small amount of letters sent from other individuals, as well as Liselott’s resume and a copy of Margot’s birth certificate, both from 1939.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as two folders. Folder 1 of 2. Correspondence, 1940 Folder 2 of 2. Correspondence, 1941 and undated; documents, 1939

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Gary Blum

People

  • Asher, Leopold.
  • Schlachter, Liselott, 1920-
  • Schlachter, Margot, 1923-
  • Schlachter, Gertrude, 1899-1942.
  • Schlachter, Leopold, 1882-1942.

Subjects

  • Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--Scotland.
  • Jews--Germany--Stuttgart.
  • Stuttgart (Germany)
  • Holocaust survivors.

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.