Basel family collection
Extent and Medium
folders
6
Creator(s)
- Aliana B. Von Richthofen
Biographical History
Aliana Brodmann E. von Richthofen's parents, David and Rysza Brodmann (nee Liebgold) survived Auschwitz, along with Rysza Brodmann's, sister Fela Liebgold. David Brodmann was liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp. Rysza and Fela were liberated during a death march in Grimma, Germany. After the World War II, Aliana Brodmann E. von Richthofen married Ruwen Basel, a survivor from Lithuania in the Feldafing displaced persons camp, and worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration as a warehouse officer and camp supply officer.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Aliana Brodman E. von Richthofen, niece of Ruwen Basel, donated the materials to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum via Martin Goldman of the Museum's Office of Survivor Affairs on Dec. 8, 1998.
Scope and Content
Contains two passports for Ruwen Basel, three identification cards for Fela Liebgold and Ruwen Basel, correspondence pertaining to reparation payments, and Ruwen Basel's work for United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) as a camp supply officer.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically
People
- Brodmann, David.
- Brodmann, Rysza Liebgold.
- Basel, Ruwen.
- Liebgold, Fela.
- Basel family.
- Richthofen, Aliana Brodmann E. von.
Corporate Bodies
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Refugees--Germany--Feldafing.
- Death marches--Germany--Grimma.
- Refugee camps--Germany--Feldafing.
Genre
- Document
- Passports.
- Identification cards.