Zessi Oppenheimer Nelkens collection
Scope and Content Note
Official records and letters of recommendation pertaining to Zessi Oppenheimer from Hungen, Germany and to a lesser extent to her husband Willi Nelkenstock. Also included is correspondence from her parents in Germany, circa 1940-1941.
Dates
- 1931-1942, 1966, 1994
Creator
- Nelkens, Zessi, 1911- (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Zessi (Sessi; Sessy; Cessi) Nelkens née Oppenheimer was born 1911 in Langsdorf, Germany, daughter of Gitta and Hermann Oppenheimer. She left Germany in 1939 for England and immigrated to New York in 1940. In 1942 she married the German immigrant Willi Nelkenstock.
Zessi’s parents, Hermann (1881-1944) and Gitta (1884-1944) Oppenheimer as well as her paternal grandmother Helena Oppenheimer (1855-1942) were deported to Theresienstadt in 1942. Helena died in Theresienstadt; Hermann and Gitta perished in Auschwitz.
Extent
2 Folders
Abstract
Official records and letters of recommendation pertaining to Zessi Oppenheimer from Hungen, Germany and to a lesser extent to her husband Willi Nelkenstock. Also included is correspondence from her parents in Germany, circa 1940-1941.
- Title
- Guide to the Zessi Oppenheimer Nelkens collection, 1931-1942, 1966, 1994 MF 1744 / AR 12060
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2018
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
