Deggendorf (Displaced persons camp)
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Elsa Oestreicher Collection
Elsa Oestreicher, née Herz, born in Berlin in 1878 and married to the physician D. Jacques Oestreicher, was a successful cooking instructor and author of cookbooks. In 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt where she also worked as a cook, cooking instructor and as head of the soup-kitchen until her liberation in 1945. The collection contains Elsa Oestreicher’s notes on Theresienstadt, concentration-camp insignia, correspondence, poems and memoirs by her as well as official documents such as certificates related to her profession.
Richard A. Ehrlich Collection
The core of this collection contains published as well as unpublished manuscripts by Richard A. Ehrlich, centering on his life in the Prussian town of Rogasen and his internment in Thersienstadt. Also included are his correspondence with Albert Einstein, Bertha Badt-Strauss and others, as well as documents pertaining to the extended Alexander-Ehrlich family.
Stefanie Perlstein Collection
Postcard addressed to Emma Perlstein (Kassel, July 6th 1935); documents from Simon & Karola Freimark (personal documents, Theresienstadt, Deggendorf, restitution).