T. Scarlett Epstein diary

Identifier
irn524298
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.302
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524298

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • T. S. Epstein

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.

Dr. T. Scarlett Epstein donated her diary to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 18, 2007.

Scope and Content

Consists of a diary kept by T. Scarlett Epstein (Trude Grünwald), originally of Vienna, Austria, in the summer of 1937 and in the summer and fall of 1938. A teenage girl, Epstein records her visit to the World's Fair in Paris in 1937. In the summer of 1938, she describes her escape from Vienna into Yugoslavia, made possible through Epstein's friendship with the ex-ambassador of Yugoslavia to Austria. From Yugoslavia, Epstein traveled to Albania in November 1938. Throughout the diary, Epstein inserted train tickets, maps, photographs and other pieces of realia she collected.

Subjects

  • Jews--Austria--Vienna.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

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.