Judith Bar-Nadav family collection

Identifier
irn500446
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0129
  • RG-10.314
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1972
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Czech
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500446

Extent and Medium

folders

3

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection from Judith Bar-Nadav in June 1994.

Scope and Content

Contains miscellaneous handwritten and typescript correspondence, including letters, notes, and postcards from Judith Bar Nadav's uncle and grandmother to the donor's mother, relating to the experience of some members of Judith Bar Nadav's family during the Holocaust in Czechoslovakia. Also included is a memoir written by Karla Weisson (Weissova), a friend of Judith Bar Nadav's mother. The collection also includes a typescript draft of a journal (memoir) with handwritten annotations written by Karla Weisson (Weissova) and relating to the author's Holocaust experiences, particularly at Ravensbrück, and a handwritten poem.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is chronological

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Buchenwald--Germany--Photographs.

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.