Object numberM2012/015:008
Description(a) An English International Red Cross Inquiry Form dated 12 December 1939. This message was sent from Henriette "Henri" Nerichow who lives in Welwyn Garden City, England in response to a message sent from her mother [M2012.015.007]. This letter is addressed to B. Nerichow, Henriette and Karl Heinz’s father in Dortmund, Germany. In response to her mother’s letter Henriette writes “We are well. I am going twice a week to the evening school” signed Henri.
(b) Is the typed instructions of replying to red cross enquiries.
Henriette was sent to England aged 13 in 1938 due to the famous “Kindertransport” - the informal name of a series of rescue efforts which brought thousands of refugee Jewish children to Great Britain from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940. Karl made his way to England in 1939, they both migrated to Australia in 1957. This document is a representation of Australian Jewish history and the Holocaust and its effects on Henriette and Karl’s life.
(b) Is the typed instructions of replying to red cross enquiries.
Henriette was sent to England aged 13 in 1938 due to the famous “Kindertransport” - the informal name of a series of rescue efforts which brought thousands of refugee Jewish children to Great Britain from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940. Karl made his way to England in 1939, they both migrated to Australia in 1957. This document is a representation of Australian Jewish history and the Holocaust and its effects on Henriette and Karl’s life.
Production placeEngland
Production date 1939-12-12
Subjectloved ones' contact, reunions, Kindertransport
Object nameletters
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- a width: 140.00 mm
a height: 220.00 mm
b width: 164.00 mm
b height: 200.00 mm
Language
- German
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Roy and Anne Nerichow