Dreier and Tarnowski families papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Tarnowski family
Biographical History
The Dreier and Tarnowski families came from East and West Prussia and Pomerania. Martin Dreier was born in 1911 in Schokken (now Skoki, Poland) to Max Dreier (1879-?) and Netty Fuchs Dreier (1889-1944). Martin moved to England in 1939 and immigrated to the United States in 1944 or 1946. Max and Netty Dreier were both deported to the Warsaw Ghetto in April 1942 and to Theresienstadt that August. In October 1944 Netty was deported to Auschwitz, where she died. Martin's mother-in-law, Taübchen Tützer, was born in 1878 in Czarnikau (now Czarnków, Poland). Her daughter, Edith Tützer, married Siegfried Tarnowski, and they lived in Piaski, Poland with their daughter Ruth. All four are believed to have perished in the Lublin Ghetto. Siegfried's sister, Elli Tarnowski Burchardy, moved to Shanghai with her husband, Alfred Burchardy. Siegfried and Elli's parents, Flora and Wolff Tarnowski, lived in Stargard in Pomerania (now Stargard Szczeciński, Poland) and died in early 1940.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
The Dreier and Tarnowski families papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Ronald Dreier in 1998 and 2000. The accession previously cataloged as 2000.102 has been incorporated into this collection. Ronald Dreier sent the collection to Suzy Snyder who transferred it to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives.
Scope and Content
The Dreier and Tarnowski families papers measure 0.5 linear foot and date from approximately 1939‐1944. The collection includes correspondence and photographs documenting the Dreier and Tarnowski families, their hardships in East and West Prussia and Pomerania under Nazi rule, and their efforts to emigrate. Correspondence primarily consists of letters to Elli and Alfred Burchardy in Shanghai from Flora and Wolff Tarnowski in Stargard, from Edith and Siegfried Tarnowski and Taübchen Tützer in Piaski, and from other family members and friends in Stargard, Piaski, and various cities in Germany. These letters document emigration efforts, family health concerns, and the difficulties of Jewish life under Nazi rule. The collection also contains correspondence between Max and Netty Dreier and their children, including two postcards from Theresienstadt, and official correspondence with Siegfried and Flora Tarnowski about ensuring that the Buchardys received their household goods and transferred money in Shanghai. Photographs depict Netty Dreier, Edith, Siegfried, Ruth, and Taübchen Tützer.
System of Arrangement
The Dreier and Tarnowski families papers are arranged as two series: I. Correspondence, approximately 1939-1944, and II: Photographs, approximately 1939.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai.
- Piaski (Lublin, Poland)
- Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
- Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--20th century.
- Jewish refugees--Germany.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Shanghai (China)
- Stargard Szczeciński (Poland)
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
- Cottbus (Germany)
- Poland--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--20th century.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Children.
- Jewish refugees--Poland.
- Holocaust victims.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document