Elizabeth Trausel family collection

Identifier
irn548899
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.132
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn548899

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hana Rehakova

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Hana Rehakova donated the Elizabeth Trausel family collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992. Hana Rehakova is the daughter of Elisabeth Trausel.

Scope and Content

The Elisabeth Trausel family collection consists of postcards sent to Elizabeth Trausel from relatives in the Theresienstadt ghetto. The contents of the postcards largely relate to receiving food parcels. The collection also includes ration cards issued in the ghetto, ghetto scrip, and a printed map of the ghetto.

System of Arrangement

The Elizabeth Trausel family collection is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Trausel, Elizabeth.
  • Pick, Hedwig.
  • Polacek, Josef.
  • Trausel, Eva.
  • Kassler, Berta.
  • Deutsch, Berta.
  • Pick, Irwin.
  • Polacek, Leo.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
  • Holocaust victims.
  • Families.
  • Food relief.

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.

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