Hetty D'Ancona de Leeuwe papers

Identifier
irn524360
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.338.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Hetty de Leeuwe was born in Amsterdam in 1930. She survived the Holocaust in hiding with a Christian family in the Netherlands. She was reunited with her parents after the war and immigrated to the United States.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hetty D'Ancona deLeeuwe

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Hetty D'Ancona de Leeuwe.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of documents, correspondence, and photographs documenting the post-liberation experiences of Hetty D'Ancona de Leeuwe’s mother, Estella D'Ancona, who was interned in Westerbork and deported to numerous concentration camps including Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Lenzing sub-camp. Documents include Estella's efforts to return to the Netherlands. Pre-war and post-war photographs include images of Hetty D'Ancona, her father (who survived in hiding), and her mother. Documents were issued in France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Austria.

People

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.