Strauss family: personal papers and correspondence 1920-1966

Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)

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On June 10, 1940, the Gestapo took control of Terezìn (Theresienstadt), a fortress, built in 1780-1790 in what is now the Czech Republic, and set up prison in the Small Fortress (Kleine Festung). By 24 November 1941, the Main Fortress (grosse Festung, ie the town Theresienstadt) was turned into a walled ghetto. The function of Theresienstadt was to provide a front for the extermination operation of Jews. To the outside it was presented by the Nazis as a model Jewish settlement, but in reality it...

Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

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Auschwitz was the largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives in Auschwitz....

Lesny, Vilem. formerly Wilhelm Löwy. b 1902

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Strauss, Elsa. 1887

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Strauss - family

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Rudolfer - Gertrude - 1914-1983

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Julius Strauss (1883-1949) and his second wife Elsa (1887-c1942, née Löwy) lived with their children Gertrude ('Trude') (1914-1983), Marta (1912-1990) and Harry (born 1920) in Prague. Trude got married to pharmacist Jiri (George) Rudolfer (1910-1967) in January 1938. Following the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Wehrmacht on 15 March 1938, Julius Strauss managed to acquire travel permits for his children to leave the country. On 26 March 1939 George, Trude and her step-brother H...

Strauss, Julius. 1883

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Löwy, Berta. d c1942

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Lesny, Martha. 1912

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Rudolfer, George. 1910

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Lodz Ghetto

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Strauss, Harry. b 1920

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Rudolfer - family

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Rudolfer, Gertrude. 1914

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