Guttentag family papers

Identifier
irn502548
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.42
  • RG-10.216
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

2

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Adolf Guttentag (1868-1942) was born in Breslau (now Wrocław) and practiced medecine. He and his wife Helene (nee Pauly, 1873-1942) committed suicide in Berlin in October 1942 to avoid deporation to Theresienstadt.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received these family papers from Erika Guttentag on March 30, 2001.

Scope and Content

Contains one diary written by Dr. Adolf Guttentag in Berlin, Germany in 1942. In the diary, Dr. Guttentag described his experiences as a Jew in Berlin, anticipated his deportation to Theresienstadt, and addressed his son Otto, who had been able to emigrate to the United States, instructing Otto how to remember his parents. At the end of the diary, which is written in German, Dr. Guttentag wrote goodbye to his son and chronicled the date on which he and his wife committed suicide. Includes an English translation of the diary as well as four black and white photographs of Adolf and Helene Guttentag.

People

Subjects

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