Margot Schwarzschild Wicki collection

Identifier: irn518756
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518756

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Margot Schwarzschild Wicki.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artwork, documents, a notebook, photographs, and postcards relating to the experiences of Margo Schwarzschild and her family during their imprisonment in Gurs and Rivesaltes internment camps and her stay in the OSE Pringy children's home in France during the Holocaust, as well their life in the postwar period.

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Margot Schwarzschild Wicki papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518758
- English
- 1941-2003
- folders 17
- Updated 8 months ago
The Margot Schwarzschild Wicki papers contain documents and photographs relating to her family’s stay at the Gurs and Rivesaltes camps, and their eventual rescue by the Swiss Red Cross. These documents are primarily identification papers, including certificates of internment, baptism and vaccination documents, and identity cards. The material from the Schwarzschild’s time with the Swiss Red Cross includes invitations to join, correspondence, and a bound hand-book given by the children to the Elsa Ruth. The post-war documents include return visits that Margot made to Gurs, and an anniversary...
Etching of a sad young boy in an internment camp created postwar by a Swiss Aid nurse/rescuer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518759
- English
- 1942
- overall: Height: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Sepia ink etched print of a melancholy young boy created by Friedel Bohny-Reiter circa 1989. It is based upon memories of the Rivesaltes internment camp in France where she worked from 1941-1942 as a nurse for Secours Suisse aux Enfants [Swiss Aid to Children]. She gave the drawing to Margot Schwarzschild Wicki who as a 10 year old child was interned in the camp. In 1940, Margot, her parents, Richard and Luisi, and Hannelore, 11, were deported to Gurs prison camp from Kaiserlautern, Germany. They were transferred to Rivesaltes and, in 1942, placed on a list of Jews to be deported to concent...
Pencil sketch of a young boy with haunted eyes created postwar by a Swiss Aid nurse and rescuer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518760
- English
- 1942
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Pencil and ink sketch of a young boy with large, dark, despairing eyes created by Friedel Bohny-Reiter in 1989. It is labelled draft and resembles her etching, 2006.464.2. It is based upon memories of the Rivesaltes internment camp in France where she worked from 1941-1942 as a nurse for Secours Suisse aux Enfants [Swiss Aid to Children]. She gave the drawing to Margot Schwarzschild Wicki who as a 10 year old child was interned in the camp. In 1940, Margot, her parents, Richard and Luisi,and 11 year old Hannelore, were deported to Gurs prison camp from Kaiserlautern, Germany. They were tran...
Red crayon sketch of 4 females in heavy scarves created postwar by a Swiss Aid nurse and rescuer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518761
- English
- 1942
- overall: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 9.125 inches (23.178 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Red Conte crayon sketch created by Friedel Bohny-Reiter in 1989. It depicts a partial view of four females of varying age, with their heads wrapped in scarves, standing close together. It is based upon memories of the Rivesaltes internment camp in France where she worked from 1941-1942 as a nurse for Secours Suisse aux Enfants [Swiss Aid to Children]. She gave the drawing to Margot Schwarzschild Wicki who as a 10 year old child was interned in the camp. In 1940, Margot, her parents, Richard and Luisi,and 11 year old Hannelore, were deported to Gurs prison camp from Kaiserlautern, Germany. T...

Margot Schwarzschild Wicki collection

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Margot Schwarzschild Wicki papers

Etching of a sad young boy in an internment camp created postwar by a Swiss Aid nurse/rescuer

Pencil sketch of a young boy with haunted eyes created postwar by a Swiss Aid nurse and rescuer

Red crayon sketch of 4 females in heavy scarves created postwar by a Swiss Aid nurse and rescuer