Maud Michal Beer family collection

Identifier
irn47133
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 and 2015 by Maud Michal Stecklmacher Beer, the wife of Shimon Beer.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a sewing box, two pillowcases, six tablecloths, correspondence, documents, photographs, and a siddur relating to the experiences of Käthe Steiner Stecklmacher, her daughters, Maud and Karmela, and her family before the Holocaust in Prostejov, Czechosloavakia, during the Holocaust in Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp, as well as to the experiences of Shimon Beer and his family in Brno and Prostejov and his service in the Jewish Brigade before, during, and after the Holocaust.

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.