Aranka Fuchsova papers

Jan (Hanusch) Fuchs was born in Ostrava Czechoslovakia in 1919. He was deported with his wife Aranka Reisz to Terezin on Transport AAe, no. 709 (20. 06. 1942, Prague -> Terezín) and then on Transport Ek, no. 614 (28. 09. 1944, Terezín -> Auschwitz) where he was murdered. Aranka Reisz was the donor's aunt, the sister of her mother, Ilona. The photographs are of Aranka and Jan Fuchs. Jan died in Terezin. Aranka survived.  Jan was a gifted singer and the portrait is of him in dress rehearsal for Carmen where he was to take the lead part. The artist of Fuchs' portrait is Charlotte (Lottka) Buresova, the Jewish, Prague-born and based artist, who survived Terezin by escaping in the Swedish ambassador's car 3 days before liberation. 

There is also a note with musical notation wishing Jan Fuchs a speedy recovery from illness from the well known former director of the Vienna City Opera, composer and pianist, Frans Eugen Klein and his wife Susanne, dated Theresienstadt, 29.4.1944.

Aranka died in 2004 aged 91 years in Munich in a Jewish residential home.

Donor received this documentation on death of aunt, Aranka Fuchsova

Donated 6.3.2015

Donor: Svarny, Gerda