Betty Wixon: correspondence relating to her estate and German pension 1963-1986

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...

Kohlenberg, Sandra. b 1945

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Davidsohn, Michael. c1869

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Wixon, Betty. née Davidsohn. 1907

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Cooper - Kitty - née Fürstenberg/Wixon - b 1932

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Betty Wixon (1907-19850) née Davidsohn, was the daughter of Jewish parents, Michael (c1869-1942) and Roschen (née Kauffmann, 1866-1942) Davidsohn. Betty was born and grew up in Berlin, the youngest of two sisters and one brother. The girls were taught dress making and worked from home whilst the son Emile went on to further education in engineering. Roschen Davidsohn sold the remnant materials from the dressmaking at a market. In 1928 Betty Wixon married Walter Fürstenbe...

Wixon, Walter. formerly Fürstenberg/Szwersztenberg

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Kitchener internment camp

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Davidsohn, Roschen. 1866

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