Manfred Wildmann family letters

Identifier
irn501921
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0037
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

9

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Manfred Wildmann (1930- ) was born in Karlsruhe to Heinrich (1888-1943) and Rebecca Wildmann (1895-1942). His siblings were Margot (1922- ), Hugo (1924-1944), and Hannelore (1925- ), and the family lived in Philippsburg. They were deported to Vichy France in 1940 and imprisoned in Gurs and Rivesaltes. Hannelore was released in 1941 to work in a children’s home in Pringy, Manfred was released in 1942 to a children’s home in Grammont (Haute-Saône) and later joined Hannelore, and Margot was released in 1942 to a children’s home and then worked for a family as a maid. Hugo was detailed to the work camp at Le Barcarès, and he and Rebecca were transferred to Drancy in August 1942. Both were then sent to Auschwitz and perished. Heinrich, who had been transferred to a hospital in Perpignan, was transferred to Drancy in November 1943 and the following month to Auschwitz where he perished. Manfred and Hannelore immigrated to the United States in 1947. (See also the family’s website at http://wildmannbirnbaum.com.)

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Manfred and Sylvia Wildmann

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Manfred and Sylvia Wildmann donated the Wildmann family letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998.

Scope and Content

The Wildmann family letters consist of correspondence among Heinrich, Rebecca, Manfred, Hannelore, Margot, and Hugo Wildmann. The letters describe camp conditions, health and sanitary concerns, and food availability at the concentration camps at Rivesaltes and Le Barcarès, Heinrich’s situation at a hospital in Perpignan, Manfred’s situation at the children’s home in Grammont, and the family’s efforts to find better arrangements for each of them. The collection is accompanied by transcriptions and annotated translations created by Manfred and Sylvia Wildmann.

System of Arrangement

The Manfred Wildmann family letters are arranged as a single series: I. Correspondence, 1941-1943

Subjects

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.