Kürschner family photograph collection

Identifier
irn50925
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.134.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Dita Kürschner (b. 1930) was born to Lajos and Hedy Kürschner and they lived in Vienna, Austria. The family left Austria for Lajos Kürschner’s hometown, Nagykanizsa, Hungary, in March 1939. At the end of April 1944 the Jews of Nagykanizsa were forced into a ghetto and three weeks later they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. From June 1944 until September 1944 Dita and her mother, Hedy, were imprisoned in Gelsenberg concentration camp and later in Sommerda. Both survived the death march and immigrated to Israel. Dita’s father, Lajos, died in Buchenwald on January 2, 1945.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dita Kürschner Segal

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Ms. Dita Kürschner Segal

Scope and Content

Collection consists of photographs depicting the Kürschner family in Vienna, Austria, 1932 to 1948, photographs depicting life in the Leipheim DP camp, meeting her future husband, Benjamin Segal, and his brother Jehuda from Satu-Mare, and later in Israel.

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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.