Hannah Callman collection

Identifier
WL2081
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 88619
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Hannah Callman née Levy (1893-1984) was a German Jewess, born in Zachan, Pomerania. She married Dr Curt Callman, a lawyer and notary, in Berlin in 1919. They had two children, Ellen (b. 1920) and Gerda (b. 1925). The two children were sent to Great Britain before the war where they settled and married and had their own families.

Curt had been rounded up after Kristallnacht and sent to Sachsenhausen. His brother, Walter, effected his release two weeks later. The couple remained in Berlin until the deportations whereupon they were sent to Terezin, where Curt became a member of the Ghetto Court, and along with all other members and other camp dignitaries was deported to Auschwitz  on 16.10.1944, and murdered on arrival. Hannah couldn't accompany her husband and survived Terezin, working as a nurse assistant in the hospital for infectious diseases. She spent a year at Deggendorf Displaced Persons Camp working in the kitchens before being reunited with her children in Great Britain.

Acquisition

Donated 8 May 2015

Donor: Malcolm Wald

System of Arrangement

The papers have been arranged into the following series: documents, general and pertaining to place; and correspondence, personal and official

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Related Units of Description

  • See also 1656/3/8/1190

People

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.