Bäecher family collection

Identifier
irn693371
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Ivan Backer.

Scope and Content

THe collection consists of a letter from the Movement for the Care of Children From Germany in London to Mrs. A. Baecher in Bronham, England concerning her son Ivan and his disposition. Dated July 3, 1940, signed by Barbara Winton. Metal tag usd in Theresienstadt concentration camp by Josef Fleischer, Ivan’s grandfather, who died in the camp in 1943. Tag was kept by Ivan’s Grandmother, Jenny who did survive but passed away in June 1945, after her liberation; Photographs of Ivan’s extended family-Aunts, Uncles, cousins who did not survive the Holocaust or survived in hiding.

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.