Meyer family papers
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tana Ross
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Tana Ross.
Scope and Content
Contains correspondence, dated 1939-1940, and a photograph concerning the experiences of Gerda and Heinz Meyer, their daughter Tana (donor), and Tana's grandmother Charlotte Abelt. Includes correspondence from Charlotte and Gerda to Charlotte's sister and brother-in-law in Sweden. Charlotte and Tana survived in Theresienstadt; Gerda and Heinz were separately deported to Auschwitz, where Gerda was killed.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document
- Photograph.