Eva Fisher collection

Identifier
irn508113
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0130
  • RG-10.182
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1978
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

oversize folder

4

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Eva Fisher (née Cohen) was born to a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany, in 1936. After Kristallnacht, she and her family moved into the Jüdisches Krankenhaus (Jewish Hospital) in Berlin where they remained for the duration of World War II. Eva's father, Dr. Helmut Cohen, was employed at the hospital. Dr. Cohen died in 1981.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was assembled by Eva Fisher and donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on 5 Apr. 1994.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of typescript and handwritten miscellaneous correspondence and other materials (originals and annotated copies) in German from circa 1933 to 1978. Includes, but is not limited to: postcards, children's story in rhyme with color drawings, notes, receipts, ration cards, letters, regulations, scrapbook with lithography, etc., which relate to Dr. Helmut Cohen and his family who were German Jews. The Cohen family spent World War II in the Jüdisches Krankenhaus (Jewish Hospital) in Berlin where Dr. Cohen was a physician, specializing in internal medicine. Some materials contain information about Terezin (Theresienstadt) as well as Jews who were deported to Auschwitz and other camps.

System of Arrangement

Organization is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Eva Fisher

People

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.