Ochs family papers
Extent and Medium
box
1
Creator(s)
- Herman Ochs
Biographical History
Julius Ochs was arrested on Kristallnacht and was taken to Dachau concentration camp. He was released after six weeks through the efforts of his wife, Therese. Julius and Therese Ochs immigrated to the United States in the summer of 1939. Their son, Hermann, was a medical student at the University of Heidelberg and immigrated to the United States in 1934.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The papers were donated in three parts to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Herman and Kathryn Ochs in 1989, 1992, and 1996.
Scope and Content
Consists of one box of documents, including a postcard written by Julius Ochs [donor's father] to Therese Ochs [donor's mother] from Dachau concentration camp. The papers also consist of two identification cards ("Kennkarte") issued to Julius Ochs and Theresa Sarah Ochs [donor's parents] by "Der Landrat" (District Magistrate) in Rastatt, Germany along with letters, memoranda, reports, etc., relating to the Holocaust experience, emigration, and restitution claims of members of the Ochs family.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
People
- Ochs, Julius.
- Ochs, Theresa.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Concentration camp inmates' writings--Germany--Dachau.
- World War, 1939-1945--Reparations.
Genre
- Postcards.
- Document