Ellen Fass Zilka papers
Extent and Medium
folders
5
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ellen Zilka
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Ellen Zilka.
Scope and Content
Documents and photographs concerning the experiences of the Ellen Fass (donor), who was sent from Germany to the United Kingdom with her brother Gerd [later known as Gerald Freeman] as part of the Kindertransport in 1939. Included is correspondence written by her parents who did not survive, dated 1939-1940, and by others. Also included is a collection of documents illustrating the experiences of Marie Goerlich (donor’s distant relative) who survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Ellen R. Zilka
Subjects
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--England.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
- Letters.
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