Object numberM2012/015:015
Description(a) An official letter from the German War Claims Advisory Co. in Sydney, to Miss Henriette Nerichow who lived in Bondi, New South Wales. This letter states that her restitution claim on the loss of her parents Boris and Regina Nerichow, has been received and registered.
(b) Information that 4,200 German Marks has been placed in her bank account.
These documents are significant as they give an indication as to what happened to Henriette and Karl Heinz Nerichow’s parents, which in [M2012/015:013] stated had been deported to Latvia.
Henriette was sent to England aged 13 in 1938 on the famous “Kindertransport” - the rescue effort which brought thousands of refugee Jewish children to Great Britain from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940. Her brother Karl made his way to England in 1939 at the age of 17, 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) Information that 4,200 German Marks has been placed in her bank account.
These documents are significant as they give an indication as to what happened to Henriette and Karl Heinz Nerichow’s parents, which in [M2012/015:013] stated had been deported to Latvia.
Henriette was sent to England aged 13 in 1938 on the famous “Kindertransport” - the rescue effort which brought thousands of refugee Jewish children to Great Britain from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940. Her brother Karl made his way to England in 1939 at the age of 17, 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 placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Production date 1958-04-24
Subjectcompensation claims, restitution, pensions, loved ones' fates, Australian Jewish history, Kindertransport
Object nameletters
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- a width: 205.00 mm
a height: 260.00 mm
b width: 210.00 mm
b height: 160.00 mm
Language
- German
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Roy and Anne Nerichow