Miriam and Ruth Renzer papers

Identifier
irn715059
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2020.341.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Hebrew
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn715059

Extent and Medium

folders

11

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of the Gregg and Michelle Philipson Collection and Archive in loving memory of Alice Warech.

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Gregg and Michelle Philipson.

Scope and Content

Collection of correspondence, postcards, and photographs, including letters between Ruth Renzer in Palestine and her sister Miriam in England. Ruth lived at the "Ahava" children's home at Kiryat Bialik, near Haifa, and Miriam was sent to England on a Kindertransport.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Subjects

  • Refugee children--Palestine.
  • Palestine.
  • Willesden (London, England)
  • Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--England.
  • Haifa (Israel)

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.