Edith Hahn-Beer collection

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Portfolio cover
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn12700
- English
- overall: Height: 8.620 inches (21.895 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Edith Hahn-Beer papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn740944
- English
- boxes oversize folder 2 1
- Updated 9 months ago
The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Edith Hahn-Beer, originally of Vienna, Austria, including forced-labor in Osterburg and Aschersleben, Germany, living in Munich and Brandenburg an der Havel under the false-identity of Margarete Denner, and marriage to German Nazi officer Werner Vetter. The bulk of the collection consists of wartime correspondence between Edith and her fiancé Joseph Rosenfeld, along with family correspondence, biographical materials, and photographs. Correspondence primarily consists of letters and postcards exchanged between Edith and her then fianc...