Dorrit Westheimer collection

Identifier
irn42568
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.497.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42568

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the family of Dorrit Westheimer [FINAL CREDIT LINE TO BE CONFIRMED BY CURATOR]

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by the family of Dorrit Westheimer.

Scope and Content

Contains documents, photographs, and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Dorrit Feuerstein, born 1936 in Ústí nad Labem, the former Czechoslovakia, and her parents Marianne and Edmund Feuerstein, who fled persecution to France in 1939 and then ultimately to the United Kingdom, where the family remained through the end of the second World War.

Subjects

  • France--Emigration and immigration.
  • England--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

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.