Eva Fisher collection
Extent and Medium
folders
oversize folder
4
1
Creator(s)
- Eva Fisher
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
- Fisher, Eva.
- Cohen, Helmut.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Jews--Medical care--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.
- Berlin (Germany)
- Jewish physicians--Germany--Berlin.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Jewish hospitals.
- Hospitals--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.