Ticho family papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Adela Tichová
Biographical History
Adela Tichová (1882-1968) was born Adela Traplová in Dalečín, Czech Republic. She married Vilém (Wilhelm) Ticho (1879-1946) who was born in Lomnice, Czech Republic to Josef and Luise Ticho. The couple had three children: Luisa Josefa (Lili, later Bock, 1910-1996), Rudolf (1913-1942), and Josef (Pepik, 1923-1943). Rudolf perished in Lublin and Josef at Auschwitz.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hana Kurfurstova and Eva Pencikova
Hana Kurfurstova and Eva Pencikova donated the Ticho family papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005. Hana Kurfurstova and Eva Pencikova are the daughters of Anna Weinrebová, a friend of Adela and Vilém Ticho.
Scope and Content
The Ticho family papers include a hand-delivered letter from Adela and Vilem Ticho delivered by hand to their friend Anna Weinrebová describing events transpiring during the Holocaust in Czechoslovakia. The papers also include two death notices printed after World War II for Vilem Ticho and for Rudy and Pepik (sons of Vilem and Adela Ticho) who perished in the Holocaust.
System of Arrangement
The Ticho family papers are arranged chronologically.
People
- Ticho, Pepika.
Subjects
- Holocaust victims--Czechoslovakia.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia.
Genre
- Document
- Correspondence.