Messcher family photographs

Identifier
irn84610
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.364.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Dutch
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Hermanus (Herman) and Marie Rosenberg Messcher lived on 34 Statenweg in Rotterdam in the Netherlands with their four children: Frits (born July 11, 1936), Martijn (born January 17, 1934), Carola (Carry; born December 31, 1937) and Martha (born October 25, 1942). Herman worked for the Jewish council in Rotterdam. Herman was arrested and sent to Westerbork on March 6, 1943. Marie, Frits, Martijn, and Martha were sent to Westerbork on May 6, 1943; Carola, who was living with the Den Hartogh family in Amsterdam, was arrested later and joined her family at the camp. The youngest child, Martha, died in Westerbork on June 6, 1943. The rest of the family was deported to Theresienstadt in February 1944, where Herman died in April. Marie and the children were sent to the Czech family camp in Birkenau on May 16, 1944 and were killed when the family camp was liquidated on July 7, 1944.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Martijn Visser

Martijn Visser donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014. His grandfather, Daniel Bosgra, was a family friend of the Messchers and took the photographs of the children.

Scope and Content

Consists of two photographs of the Messcher children; one photograph of Frits Messcher (b. 1936) and Martijn Messcher (b. 1934), and one photograph of Martijn holding his infant sister Martha (b. 1942). The photographs were taken in Rotterdam on April 4, 1943. In the photographs, the children are wearing the Jewish star (Magen David).

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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.