Hertz family letters
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Berta Hertz
Biographical History
Berta Rosenhein (later Berta Hertz) immigrated to England on a Kindertransport, residing in London during World War II. Her mother, Irma Baum Rosenhein, was deported to Rīga, Latvia, where she perished ca. Sept. 1944.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The original letters were written by relatives of Berta Hertz's family prior to and during concentration camp imprisonment. After the death of her cousin in Israel, the original letters were given to Hertz as part of the settlement of the estate. Hertz initially donated copies of the letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections Department in Nov. 1990. The materials were later transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives.
Scope and Content
Consists of copies of letters exchanged between relatives of Berta (Rosenhein) Hertz during the Holocaust. The letters discuss living conditions for individuals in concentration camps and those not yet imprisoned, the conditions of the postal system, and the various types of clothing requested by camp inmates from their families. Berta Rosenhein donor immigrated to England on a Kindertransport, residing in London during World War II. Her mother, Irma Baum Rosenhein, was deported to Rīga, Latvia, where she perished ca. Sept. 1944
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is chronological
People
- Berta Hertz
- Hertz, Berta.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Artists.
- Children.
- Money.
- Leipzig (Germany)
- World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
- Censorship.
- Catholics.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document