Numero oggettoM2004/005:006
CreatoreBritish Red Cross
DescrizioneLetter from the War Organisation of the British Red Cross and Order of St.John to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, official enquiry from Mrs Frieda Weiss in England, about her father Otto Schwarz (misspelt here as Schwarez) in Germany. Dated 26th November 1941, written in English and German.
M2004/005:001-006 represent a series of letters from Ludwig and Frieda Weiss requesting British Red Cross to enquire about, locate and transmit messages to parents Otto and Clara Schwarz, as well as replies from the British and German Red Cross to Ludwig and Frieda. In the initial letters the Otto and Clara are located at an address in Munich, germany, but from circa 1943 they are in Theresienstadt concentration camp. According to the donor, Otto and Clara Schwarz perished in the camp.
M2004/005:001-006 represent a series of letters from Ludwig and Frieda Weiss requesting British Red Cross to enquire about, locate and transmit messages to parents Otto and Clara Schwarz, as well as replies from the British and German Red Cross to Ludwig and Frieda. In the initial letters the Otto and Clara are located at an address in Munich, germany, but from circa 1943 they are in Theresienstadt concentration camp. According to the donor, Otto and Clara Schwarz perished in the camp.
Luogo di produzioneLondon, England
Data 1941-11-26
Soggettocommunications, families, concentration camps
Nome oggettoRed Cross message service
Materialepaper
Dimensioni
- whole width: 140.00 mm
height: 225.00 mm
Lingua
- English
German
Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr David Barton
