Rita Kerner Hilton papers

Identifier
irn39760
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.123.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39760

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Rita Hilton

Biographical History

Rita Kerner Hilton was born Rita Levin on 22 July 1926 in Warsaw, Poland to Flora and Moses Levin. Her mother Flora (née Kleinert, later Flora Kerner, b. 1899) was born in Pabianice, Poland to Markus and Salomea Kleinert. Her father Moses was a businessman. Rita moved to Pabianice as a young child. After the German invasion of Poland, Rita and her family were sent to the Łódź ghetto. Rita was later deported to Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, and Bergen-Belsen. She and her mother immigrated to the United States in May 1946. Rita later settled in Florida.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rita Kerner Hilton

Issued to Rita Kerner (donor) during and following WWII. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Rita Kerner Hilton.

Scope and Content

Collection of documents relating to Flora and Rita Kerner immediately following their liberation from the Bergen Belsen concentration camp, and their work in the Bergen Belsen displaced persons camp and in Sweden after the war; also included in the collection are papers relating to their restitution claims.

People

  • Rita Hilton

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)

Genre

  • Document
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