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Marriage Certificate
Número del objetoM2000/032:015
TítuloMarriage Certificate
DescripciónMarriage certificate of Franz Heller and Anny Hirsch, from the Karlsbad Rabbinat, issued 22 December 1936.
Anne Heller (nee Hirsch) was the youngest of three children born to Leopold and Irna Hirsch in the spa town of Karlsbad in the Sudetenland. Her father was an optician.
In October 1938, Hitler occupied the Sudetenland, and the family fled to Prague leaving their possessions and property. In March 1939 German troops entered Prague.
By chance, Anne’s brother Eric met a German soldier whom he recognised from Karlsbad, and with whom he had served in the Czech army some years before. This soldier agreed to use his connections to help obtain exit visas for Eric, his wife Helen, Anne and husband Frank Heller, who then all made their way to England.
But their parents, older sister Wilma, her husband and 9-year-old child were waiting for visas to South America which never eventuated; they were sent to the camps and only Wilma's husband survived.
Anne and Frank came to Australia around the same time as Anne’s brother Eric Hurst and wife Adele and daughter Eva - in 1949. Around 1950, they started a business in Parramatta called Helco, manufacturing swimsuits and rain wear for adults and children.
Anne Heller (nee Hirsch) was the youngest of three children born to Leopold and Irna Hirsch in the spa town of Karlsbad in the Sudetenland. Her father was an optician.
In October 1938, Hitler occupied the Sudetenland, and the family fled to Prague leaving their possessions and property. In March 1939 German troops entered Prague.
By chance, Anne’s brother Eric met a German soldier whom he recognised from Karlsbad, and with whom he had served in the Czech army some years before. This soldier agreed to use his connections to help obtain exit visas for Eric, his wife Helen, Anne and husband Frank Heller, who then all made their way to England.
But their parents, older sister Wilma, her husband and 9-year-old child were waiting for visas to South America which never eventuated; they were sent to the camps and only Wilma's husband survived.
Anne and Frank came to Australia around the same time as Anne’s brother Eric Hurst and wife Adele and daughter Eva - in 1949. Around 1950, they started a business in Parramatta called Helco, manufacturing swimsuits and rain wear for adults and children.
Lugar de producciónKarlsbad, Czechoslovakia
Fecha 1936
TemaHolocaust, Memoralibia, marriage
Nombre del objetocertificates of marriage
Materialpaper
Dimensiones
- width: 210.00 mm
height: 335.00 mm
Lenguaje
- German
Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Eva Scheinberg