Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann collection

Identifier
irn508126
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0279
  • RG-10.193
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508126

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Ottilie Metzger

Biographical History

Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann was an opera singer with the Dresden State Opera and the German Opera Company. In 1902 she married the novelist Clemens Froitzheim, and in 1910 her second marriage was to the baritone Theodor Lattermann. She was killed at Auschwitz in 1943.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Lucile A. Hertz donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of three previously published items and two photographs relating to the singing career of Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann.

System of Arrangement

Organization is chronological

People

  • Metzger, Ottilie, 1878-1943.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Women in opera--Germany.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

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.