Bernard Michel Collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Bernard Michel
Biographical History
Bernard Michel (known as Borish) was born Jaunuary 15, 1866. He lived in Merxheim an der Nahe prior to deportation with his wife Elvine Josef Michel, from Luxembourg in 1942 to Theresienstadt, where they died. Their son Walter and his wife Blanche (nee Sekler) were also deported from Luxembourg. They died in Auschwitz as did Bernard's sons Solomon Michel (deported from France), Berthold and wife Fayga (nee Benedik) (deported from The Netherlands), Jakob and wife Charlotte (Lotte, nee Loeb) (deported from France), and grandson Werner (deported from Belgium).
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carlo and Esther Michel Mrs. Martha Michel, wife of Solomon Mrs. Marion Ollinger, daughter of Jakob and Lotte Mr. Karl G. Michel, brother of Werner Mr. Carlo Michel, son of Solomon
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Carlo and Esther Michel donated the Bernard Michel collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992.
Scope and Content
The Bernard Michel collection consists of passport photographs of Elvire Michel (nee Josef) and Bernard Michel, circa 1940. They were eventually deported to Theresienstadt, where both perished.
System of Arrangement
The Bernard Michel collection is arrnaged in a single series.
People
- Bernard Michel
- Michel, Bernard.
- Michel, Elvire.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document