Hertha Josias Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
Collection of letters sent from Hertha Josias from Germany to her daughters Hannelore and Inge in Sweden; letters from Rosalie Selig.
The letters were published in Sweden in Ingrid Lomfors: "Breven från Hertha" (Göteborg 1987); a copy of this book is included in the collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1940-1947
Creator
- Josias, Hertha, 1898-1944 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, English and Swedish.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Collection is microfilmed (MF 1018).
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Hertha Josias sent her daughters Hannelore and Inge to Sweden in 1939. She wrote to them, first from her home in Hamburg, and later from Theresienstadt, after her deportation in 1942. She perished in Auschwitz in 1944. Her mother, Rosalie Selig, survived.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Abstract
Collection of letters sent from Hertha Josias from Germany to her daughters Hannelore and Inge in Sweden; letters from Rosalie Selig.
Subject
- Josias, Hertha, 1898-1944 (Person)
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Hertha Josias Family Collection, 1940-1947 AR 25212 / MF 1018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- August 13, 2012 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
