Documents found: 2

1. Anonymous courier of the Dutch Children's Committee, difficulties of transporting Jewish children from Vienna

   

   EHRI-ET-WL1375B226

   1939-01-07

   The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Kristallnacht Reports (coll. 1375), B. 189. Original in Dutch.

   Report of a courier of the Dutch Children’s Committee about her experiences in the “Aktion Gildemeester”, a Nazi-run operation to evacuate Jews from Vienna, and the Swedish Mission. She writes about the difficulties surrounding the transport of…

2. Helen Hirsch nee Meyer, a mixed marriage that was dissolved when her husband emigrated to England

   

   EHRI-ET-WL16560939

   1958-07-01

   The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Eyewitness testimony Collection (coll. 1656), 939. Original in German and in English (summary page).

   Interview with Helen Hirsch, the daughter of Christian parents. Her mother, Mrs. Meyer, managed a large boarding house in Teplitz/Teplice, where Hirsch spent her youth until she married Egon Hirsch, a Jewish insurance agent for the “Viktoria”…