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RG-04.025 --- Institute for the Jewish Blind (Berlin) and the Home for the Blind in Terezin
This collection contains original letters (accompanied by English translations) concerning
Betty Falk Katz and the home for blind persons in Terezin. The letters describe the
conditions for Jews in Berlin during the Holocaust, the deportation of Katz and patients
of the Institute for the Jewish Blind to Terezin, and the death of Katz in Terezin. Also
included are photographs of Katz‘s grave in Terezin and a sketch of Katz by her son,
Lothar Katz.
Biographical/historical note: Betty Katz was the director of the Institute for the Jewish
Blind in Berlin-Steglitz before the Holocaust. She was deported to the Terezin
concentration camp on September 14, 1942, along with many blind persons from the
institute in Berlin. Katz died in Terezin on June 3, 1944. Miss Sommerfeld was Katz‘s
assistant at the institute. She volunteered to be deported with Katz and the institute
patients and was with Katz at the time of her death in Terezin. Sommerfeld escaped to
Switzerland in February 1945.
Languages: German, English 1943–1991
1 folder
Source of Acquisition: Peter Katz
RG-59.010M --- Selected Records from the Control Office for Germany and Austria and
Foreign Office: Control Commission for Germany (British Element), Prisoners of
War/Displaced Persons Division: Registered Files (PWDP and other series)
These documents relate to postwar policy toward Jews, including files on the treatment of
German Jews, the Neustadt training school, World ORT Union training schools, and the
emigration of Jewish displaced persons to Palestine (Operation ―Journeys End‖).
Provenance: Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office: Control
Commission for Germany (British Element), Prisoners of War/Displaced Persons
Division: Registered Files (PWDP and other series) series 1052. (FO 1052)
Language: English 1944–1949
4 microfilm rolls (16 mm)
Source of Acquisition: Public Record Office, Kew
Finding Aid: Folder-level description