Hulda Cassel correspondence collection

Identifier
irn84404
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.283.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn84404

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Hulda Cassel

Biographical History

Hulda Cassel (1878-1945) was born Hulda Jarzembreck on March 25, 1878 in Witków, near Poznań. She lived in Wałcz (Deutsch Krone) on the eve of World War II. She was deported from Berlin to Theresienstadt on September 21, 1942, was relocated to Switzerland in February 1945, and reportedly died in December 1945.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Margot Pins Kestenbaum

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Margot Pins Kestenbaum, granddaughter of Hulda Cassel.

Scope and Content

Contains five letters written by Holocaust survivor Hulda Cassel after her liberation from Theresienstadt. She wrote the letters from a refugee camp in Switzerland to her family in Manila between July and December 1945.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Margot Pins Kestenbaum

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors--Switzerland.

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.