Herbert Hugo Langshur collection

Identifier
irn193284
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.256.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn193284

Extent and Medium

box

oversize folder

1

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eric Langshur

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Eric Langshur.

Scope and Content

Documents, photographs, correspondence and clippings documenting the pre-war lives of Erna and Sigmund Langschur and their son Herbert Hugo Langschur (donor's father). Erna (b. in Krnov [Jaegerndorf] in 1890) married Dr. Siegmund Langshur (b. Pobezovice in 1884), both Czech and living in Olomouc. Collection includes birth certificates; report cards for Siegmund and Erna; a birthdate book; map; diploma and family tree book; journal of writings; and correspondence and photographs from pre-war lives of Erna and Siegmund who, after sending Herbert (born 1921] to United Kingdom, were then deported to Theresienstadt and on to Baranowicze in present-day Belarus, where they were killed in 1942.

Subjects

  • Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--England.

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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