Alisa Tennenbaum papers

Identifier
irn524039
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.485.1
  • 2017.629
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524039

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alisa Tennenbaum

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Alisa Tennenbaum.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of photographs of Alisa Tennenbaum and friends in England at various homes where she lived after being sent on a Kindertransport from Vienna, Austria on August 22, 1939. Included are photos of Alisa's father who was in the Pioneer Corps in Britain and her mother who survived Ravensbrück and was sent to Sweden for rehabilitation. The papers also include a school report card issued to Alisa under her previous name, Liselotte Scherzer, in 1935/1936 in Vienna, Austria, and a baby photograph and duplicate ID photograph used on Alisa’s Kindertransport document.

Subjects

  • England.
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
  • Jewish refugees--Great Britain.

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.

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