Otto Schick collection

Identifier: irn34252
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn34252

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Susann Schick Cerruto, the daughter of Otto Schick.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a luggage tag, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Otto Schick and his family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust and the experiences of Otto Schick in the United States following his emigration in 1940.

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Otto Schick papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn35462
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection of documents, a passport, and photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Otto Schick, originally of Vienna, Austria.
Leather luggage tag used by an Austrian Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn35472
- English
- overall: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Leather luggage tag used by Otto Schick, 33, when he emigrated from Vienna, Austria, to United States in June 1940. He left by ship from Genoa, Italy, with three handmade trunks, but all the trunks, except one, were lost during the crossing. Otto worked as a metal worker in Vienna which was annexed by Nazi Germany in March 1938. Not long after this, he joined an underground vigilante resistance group whose ultimate goal was to assassinate Hitler. In June 1940, Otto received a visa and left for the US. His mother and sister were deported from Vienna to a concentration camp where they perishe...

Otto Schick collection

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Otto Schick papers

Leather luggage tag used by an Austrian Jewish refugee