Object numberM2010/005:008
DescriptionSheet of ration tickets for clothing items stamped ‘Verschleisstellen 2’ (disposal), made out to Otto Ehrmann.
Otto Ehrmann was born in 1918 in Kralup, Prague, in the then Czech Republic. He died in 1944, aged 26. He came from a wealthy family. They had a chauffeur, a maid, cook and many gardeners. The family owned a summer house in the countryside. Otto was deported from Prague to Theresienstadt in February 1942, wearing his deportation tag—T135 [Collection M2010/005:001], around his neck. His transport number was 209 [Collection M2010/005:009].
Shortly after his arrival at Terezin, he was ‘employed’ as a painter [as distinct from an artist]. He married Elfi Felixova on 7 February 1943. They had been introduced to each other by Otto’s sister Olga Wachtel [née Ehrmann]. In 1944 their happiness was cut short. They were forcefully deported to different concentration camps. Otto to Kaufering—a sub-camp of Dachau, where he died of typhus later that year. Elfi was deported to Auschwitz, not knowing that she was pregnant at the time. She gave birth to a baby boy, who died shortly thereafter. She survived but had a nervous breakdown after the war, due to all the horrors she endured. She was committed to an asylum in Prague. She died there, shortly after liberation, in 1945, aged 24.
Donated by Olga Wachtel (nee Ehrmann) as part of a collection of Terezin memorabilia belonging to her brother Otto Ehrmann.
Otto Ehrmann was born in 1918 in Kralup, Prague, in the then Czech Republic. He died in 1944, aged 26. He came from a wealthy family. They had a chauffeur, a maid, cook and many gardeners. The family owned a summer house in the countryside. Otto was deported from Prague to Theresienstadt in February 1942, wearing his deportation tag—T135 [Collection M2010/005:001], around his neck. His transport number was 209 [Collection M2010/005:009].
Shortly after his arrival at Terezin, he was ‘employed’ as a painter [as distinct from an artist]. He married Elfi Felixova on 7 February 1943. They had been introduced to each other by Otto’s sister Olga Wachtel [née Ehrmann]. In 1944 their happiness was cut short. They were forcefully deported to different concentration camps. Otto to Kaufering—a sub-camp of Dachau, where he died of typhus later that year. Elfi was deported to Auschwitz, not knowing that she was pregnant at the time. She gave birth to a baby boy, who died shortly thereafter. She survived but had a nervous breakdown after the war, due to all the horrors she endured. She was committed to an asylum in Prague. She died there, shortly after liberation, in 1945, aged 24.
Donated by Olga Wachtel (nee Ehrmann) as part of a collection of Terezin memorabilia belonging to her brother Otto Ehrmann.
Production date 1942 - 1944
Subjectrationing
Object nameration cards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- height: 165.00 mm
width: 200.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Olga Wachtel