Fannie Stern Selig diary

Identifier
irn503035
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.A.0003
  • RG-19.012.01
Dates
1 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503035

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Fannie S. Selig

Biographical History

Fannie Stern Selig (b. 1892) married Montefiore “Morte” Selig and they had a daughter, Peggy. They lived in Miami, Florida. After World War II, Fannie traveled to Europe and Palestine as a representative of the Jewish Federation in 1947. The mission group traveled from New York to Paris, Prague, Warsaw, Kraków, Geneva, Milan, Rome, and various locations in Palestine. While on the mission trip, Fannie kept a travel log of her daily activity and documented her experiences to various places including children's homes, ORT training programs, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and the Warsaw ghetto. Fannie was very active within the Women's Auxiliary of the Jewish Federation and, at one time, served as President.

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.

Peggy Selig Gordon, daughter of Fannie Stern Selig, donated the Fannie Stern Selig diary to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a typed copy of a travel log kept by Fannie Stern Selig from 3 November 1947 through 8 December 1947 during her visit to Europe and Palestine as a representative of the Jewish Federation. During her travels she visited DP camps, concentration camps, and children's homes in France, Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland, Italy, and Palestine. The diary focuses on topics such as her daily experiences, emigration of Jews to Palestine, the care of children, the conditions at abandoned concentration camps, and the challenges Jews faced after the Holocaust. The collection also includes two photographs from Fannie's mission trip.

System of Arrangement

The Fannie Stern Selig diary is arranged as a single folder.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Peggy Gordon

People

  • Selig, Fannie Stern.

Corporate Bodies

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.