Marianne Elsley: personal correspondence 1939-2008

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....

Terezin concentration camp

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Elsley, Marianne. c1923

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Elsley, Ralph

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Elsley - Marianne - c1923-2009

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Marianne Elsley (née Josephy, c1923-2009) grew up in a small town near Berlin in the 1920s. After Hitler came to power life became increasingly difficult for the family. With the passing of Anti-Jewish legislation aimed at eliminating Jews from public life, Marianne was no longer able to attend her school. As there was no Jewish school in her home town the family had to move to Berlin. Marianne's father, a judge, was dismissed from his job and her mother, a doctor, was no longer all...