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Zessi Oppenheimer Nelkens collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 12060 MF 1744

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

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

Contact:
15 West 16th Street
New York NY 10011 United States