Ruth Locke Collection

Identifier
SxMs125
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
File
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

1 file

Biographical History

Vera Neumeyer, daughter of Martin Ephraim, married Hand Neumeyer in 1920 and lived in Dachau. They had two children, Ruth and Raimund. In 1938 they were forced to leave Dachau and continued to live hidden for the next few years. The children were sent on Kindertransport to England. Vera was deported from Munich in 1942, and was probably killed late in 1943 at Piaski or Majdanek camp, in Poland.

Hans, meanwhile, was deported to Theresienstadt on 4th June 1942 on a transport (no. II.76) consisting of sick and disabled people. There he survived until 19th May 1944 when he died of a lung disease, probably TB exacerbated by the poor living conditions.

Jewish industrialist and patron of the arts Martin Ephraim helped fund a museum in the Polish part of Görlitz/Zgorzelec. In old age, he was killed in Theresienstadt in 1944.

Dr Hirschberg was a friend of Martin Ephraim, and is believed to have been deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt, and subsequently worked as a pulic prosecutor in the area.

Archival History

Donated by Anne and Tim Locke to the University of Sussex in December 2001.

Scope and Content

Papers relating to the family of Ruth Locke (nee Neumeyer). Printed material relating to Martin Ephraim (1992/N.d.); Typed testimony of Dr Hirschberg's experiences of Auschwitz (1944-1945); Typed letters from Vera Neumeyer (1942); Handwritten letter from Vera Neumeyer to her children in England (N.d.); Typed letter from Julius Kohn to Ruth and Raimund (1939). Photocopies of originals.

Conditions Governing Access

Items in the collection may be consulted for the purpose of private study and personal research, within the controlled environment and restrictions of The Keep's Reading Rooms.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

COPIES FOR PRIVATE STUDY: Subject to copyright, conditions imposed by owners and protecting the documents, digital copies can be made.

PUBLICATION: A reader wishing to publish material in the collection should contact the Head of Special Collections, in writing. The reader is responsible for obtaining permission to publish from the copyright owner.

Finding Aids

  • website

    An online catalogue is available on The Keep's .

Sources

  • University of Sussex Special Collections

Process Info

  • Note created by J Samuelson, June 2011. Edited by Joanna Baines, September 2011.

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.