Frank Bright: copy family papers

Identifier
WL1554
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70059
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Jan 2000
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Frank Bright, formerly Frantisek Brichta, was born in Berlin, the son of a Czech Jew. The family moved to Prague just before the Nazis in 1938. They were sent to Terezin and thence to Auschwitz. Frank remained in Auschwitz only for a short while and survived the war in a small concentration camp in Silesia, KZ Friedland. The rest of the family perished. Frank had relations in London to whom he was sent as a displaced person after the war.

Acquisition

docs concerning family

Donated June 2000

Donor: Frank Bright

Scope and Content

This collection consists of copy papers relating to the fate of members of Frank Bright's family during the Second World War. Included amongst the material in this collection is a photograph of the class from his Jewish school which he attended, c1942; the property declaration forms for his uncle and aunt from the Landeshauptarchiv, Berlin; copy pages of Testimony for the Yad Vashem Archive, Jerusalem.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Subjects

  • Auschwitz main camp (concentration camp)
  • Terezin (ghetto)

Places

  • Berlin
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