Marion F. Wolff Collection 1888-2003

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Marion F. Wolff Collection 1888-2003

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The contents of the collection concerns the parents of Marion Freyer Wolff, Leo and Eva Freyer née Lichtenstein, as well as other extended members of the family. Included are school certificates, report cards, marriage certificates, correspondence, documents on World War II internment in Theresienstadt, and manuscripts about the German Socialist politician Hugo Haase who was assassinated in 1919. His wife was the sister of Marion Wolff's grandfather.

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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...

Haase, Hugo, 1863-1919

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Wolff, Marion F.

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Marion Freyer Wolff’s parents were Leo Freyer and his wife Eva, née Lichtenstein. Eva's father was Max Lichtenstein, a lawyer active in the workers’ movement in East Prussia and a member of the Königsberg city council; he died in Theresienstadt in 1942. Erwin Lichtenstein was Eva Freyer’s brother. Max Lichtenstein's sister, Thea was married to Hugo Haase (1863-1919), a Socialist representative to the German Reichstag who was assassinated in 1919. From the guide to the Marion F. Wolff...

Freyer (Family)

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Lichtenstein, Max

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Lichtenstein (Family)

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Haase, Thea née Lichtenstein

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Jessner, Samuel

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