Hana Vosatka papers
Extent and Medium
folders
3
Creator(s)
- Hana Vosatka
Biographical History
Hana Vosatka (Vosatkova) (1907-1978) was born Hana Goldstein in Ledeč, Czechoslovakia to Josef and Emma Goldstein. Her husband, Jan Vosatka, died in 1936, and Hana lived with her son Pavel (Paul Dixon), parents, brother Zdenek, and sister Arnostka in Prague. She was deported with her parents and siblings in December 1942 to Theresienstadt. Paul survived the war in the care of family friends. Josef, Emma, and Arnostka are believed to have perished at Auschwitz. Zdenek died of typhoid fever at Kaufhausen shortly after liberation. Hana survived and was reunited with her son after the war.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Thelma Dixon
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Thelma Dixon donated the Hana Vosatka papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999.
Scope and Content
Hana Vosatka papers consist of photographs of Hana before and after her internment in Theresienstadt, a photograph of her family's memorial, a postcard from Pavel Vosatka (Paul Dixon) to his mother in Theresienstadt, and worker identification cards, ration cards, passes, and medical records documenting Hana's internment and work activities at Theresienstadt.
System of Arrangement
The Hana Vosatka papers are arranged as a single series: I. Hana Vosatka papers, approximately 1940-1966 (bulk 1943-1945)
People
- Hana Vosatka
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Concentration camp inmates--Czech Republic--Terezín (Ústecký kraj)
- Jews--Czech Republic--Ledeč nad Sázavou.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document