Frances Doniger collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Caryn Doniger-Kabat.
Scope and Content
Photographs, correspondence, documentation and drawing surrounding the experiences of the Abusch and Pick families during the Holocaust and of siblings Frances and Max Abusch who fled Vienna, Austria on the Kindertransport. Their parents were able to travel to New York, where Frances soon joined them. Max eventually made his way to Toronto, ON, Canada. The collection also follows the Pick family, relatives of Frances's mother. Her cousin Josef Pick was able to escape, but the rest of his family was killed.
Genre
- Collection