[Memoiren]
Scope and Content Note
Vilma Cohn-Leven was one of 1,200 Jewish inmates of the concentration camp in Theresienstadt, who were liberated and put on a transport to Switzerland in February of 1945.
The original report is a handwritten manuscript on ten pages and includes a small map of Theresienstadt.
Also included are a typed German transcript by Ingrid Haas (2018) and two English translations by Ingrid Haas (2018) and Sylvia Irwin (2014), respectively.
Dates
- 1945
Creator
- Cohn-Leven, Vilma, 1901-1971 (Person)
Language of Materials
This report is in German with 2 English translations.
Access Information
The archives hold the original manuscript. The transcript and the two translations exist as electronic files only.
Biographical Note
Wilhelmina Leven (later Vilma Cohn-Leven) was born 1901 in Solingen; she died 1971 in Zurich.
Ingrid Haas’ great-grandmother Gertrude Eichenberg was also on the train from Theresienstadt to Switzerland and, like Vilma, ended up in Les Avants.
Extent
4 Folders
Abstract
Vilma Cohn-Leven was one of 1,200 Jewish inmates of the concentration camp in Theresienstadt, who were liberated and put on a transport to Switzerland in February of 1945.
Microfilm
The manuscript is also available on microfilm MM 12.
- Title
- [Memoiren von Frau Vilma Cohn Leven], [3.-5. Februar 1945]. ME 93
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
