Olga Shonberger collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Olga Shonberger
Biographical History
Olga Shonberger, Desider Klarnann's first wife, was deported from Satu Mare, Romania and perished at Auschwitz concentration camp. She had two brothers who survived.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Miriam Klarnann Levitas and Felicia Klarnann Gidal
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Miriam Klarnann Levitas and Felicia Klarnann Gidal, daughters of Desider Klarnann. Olga Shonberger was their father's first wife.
Scope and Content
The Olga Shonberger collection consists of the final letter written in Hungarian by Olga Shonberger to her brothers before she was deported from Satu Mare, Romania. Olga perished at Auschwitz concentration camp, but her two brothers survived the Holocaust. The collection also includes prewar photographs depicting Olga Shonberger and Desider Klarnann.
System of Arrangement
The Olga Shonberger collection is arranged in a single series.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Miriam Levitas
People
- Shonberger, Olga.
- Klarnann, Desider.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania.
- Families.
- Romania.
- Satu Mare (Satu Mare, Romania)
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust victims.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Correspondence.
- Document