Wilhelm Bauman collection

Identifier: irn608335
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn608335

Acquisition

The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, documents, and newspapers related to the experience of Wilhelm Baumann and his parents before and during the Holocaust in Austria, and Wilhelm's emigration to the United Kingdom in 1939, and deportation to Australia in 1940, and his subsequent release from interment camps and emgration to the United States. The colletion also includes artwork.

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Wilhelm Baumann papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn163666
- English
- 1939-1948
- boxes oversize folders 2 2 2 negatives,
- Updated 1 year ago
The Wilhelm Baumann papers consist largely of correspondence, immigration documents, educational records, identification documents, newspapers, and ephemera; related to the emigration of Wilhelm Baumann and his parents from their native Austria in 1939, his life in the United Kingdom and subsequent classification as an enemy alien, his subsequent deportation to Australia in 1940 on the Dunera, and his experiences in two internment camps in New South Wales and Victoria (Camp Hay and Camp Tatura). The collection also contains an extensive selection of his correspondence with other German and ...
Watercolor view of hills and a body of water
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn192195
- English
- overall: Height: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Width: 17.375 inches (44.133 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Watercolor image of a canyon, trees, and water
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn192210
- English
- overall: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 17.375 inches (44.133 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pencil drawing of a synagogue
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn192221
- English
- overall: Height: 12.250 inches (31.115 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pencil drawing of a soldiers marching in formation
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn192222
- English
- overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
6 pence scrip
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn592360
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing of a man in a kippah
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn601547
- English
- overall: Height: 12.125 inches (30.798 cm) | Width: 20.250 inches (51.435 cm) pictorial area: Height: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
High school sketchbook
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn601555
- English
- overall: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pencil drawing of city ruins with soldiers and a statue of Hitler
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn601556
- English
- overall: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pencil drawing of a soldiers marching in formation behind a vehicle
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn601557
- English
- overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Comic drawing of two soldiers stoically enduring combat
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn605694
- English
- overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pencil drawing of three male angels with wings and halos
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn605695
- English
- overall: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
17th century Wooden Synagogue in Zabludow, Theresienstadt, 1944 Watercolor of a 17th century synagogue created by an inmate at Theresienstadt
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn609880
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Watercolor of a 17th century wooden synagogue painted by Alfred Bergel in 1944 while he was a prisoner in Theresienstadt concentration camp. The Wooden Synagogue of Zabludow, Poland, was built in the 1630's. German troops invaded Zabludow on June 25, 1941, and burned the town center, including the synagogue. Bergel, a physician and artist, and his wife were deported from Vienna, Austria, to Theresienstadt on October 9, 1942. Alfred worked for the German in the artist's workshop at the camp. In his free time, he created portraits of fellow prisoners and of daily life in the camp. On October ...