Anne Ranasinghe collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Shanti Conly in 2018, the daughter of Anne Ranasinghe.
Scope and Content
Photographs, documents, and memorabilia related to the donor’s mother, Anneliese Katz (later Anne Ranasinghe), her childhood in Essen, Germany and immigration alone to England at age13. Includes a small photograph album; loose photographs; a diary (approximately 100 pages, covering 1939-1947 [bulk 1939-1942], in German with some English poems and phrases); wartime letters and postcards from Annaliese’s parents in Germany; miscellaneous correspondence; family history material; Alte synagogue Exhibition document, nursing badges, and order of merit awarded by German government.
Genre
- Collection
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