Edith and George Lauer collection
Acquisition
The collection of Theresienstadt scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by the Estate of George Lauer.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of scrip from Theresienstadt relating to the experiences of George Lauer as a prisoner in Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust. The collection also includes three postcards from Liselotte Schulz (cousin of Edith Lauer) and Alfred and Anette Kornfeld (parents of Edith Lauer) while they were imprisoned at Theresienstadt.
Genre
- Collection
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