Ilse Hyman collection

Identifier
WL2177
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 112880
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Ilse Hyman was born Ilse Beres on 23 December 1924 in Vienna to Max (b. Brody, 17/12/1881), an export merchant, and Rosa (née Goldstein, b. L’viv, 10/07/1898). She arrived in Harwich on a Kindertransport on 12 December 1938. Her foster parents were Mr and Mrs Lesser. Ilse settled in Birmingham, where she worked as a tailor. She married David Hyman, a 27-year-old draper, in Birmingham and became a British citizen on 23 December 1947.

Both of Ilse’s parents were murdered in the Holocaust: they were deported on Transport IV/13 to Theresienstadt, where Max died. On 9 October 1944, Rosa was transported Transport Ep, nr. 1529 to Auschwitz Birkenau, where she was killed.

Acquisition

Donated 4.1.2019

Donor: Martin Hyman

Scope and Content

The collection primarily consists of Ilse Hyman’s correspondence after she arrived in the UK.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Digital file

Subjects

  • Refugees
  • Children
  • Correspondence
  • Kindertransport
  • Letters
  • Immigration
  • Schools
  • Girls

Places

  • Vienna
  • Birmingham
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