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RG-02.179 --- Memoirs of Liselotte Kahn
USHMM, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies � 59
This collection contains information about Liselotte Kahn‘s childhood in Germany, her
marriage to Dr. Ernst Müller and the birth of their sons, Nazi antisemitism, her family‘s
emigration to Greece, her husband‘s medical practice in Athens, the Italian and German
invasion of Greece, her family‘s escape to Palestine, and their emigration to and
experiences in the United States.
Language: English 1970
3 microfiche cards
Source of Acquisition: Liselotte Kahn via Ely Jacques Kahn
Restrictions: Fair use only
Accession 1996.23 --- The Hannah Kastan Weiss Collection
This collection features letters to Kastan‘s family written by Günther Kastan, a Jewish
prisoner in the Monowitz sub-camp of Auschwitz. The letters are addressed to his
daughter, Hannah, who was hidden by her non-Jewish maternal grandparents during the
Holocaust. A Polish woman smuggled the letters to Kastan‘s family. Also included are
identification cards, documents regarding registration of employment, and other papers
concerning the resettlement of the family in the United States.
Languages: German and English 1939–1950
109 items
Source of Acquisition: Hannah Kastan Weiss
RG-02.106 --- ―The Worm in the Apple‖ by Sigurd Askevold
This testimony contains Sigurd Askevold‘s descriptions of Nazi persecution of German
Jews and political opponents; his father‘s emigration to Norway; Askevold‘s service in
the Reichsarbeitsdienst (national labor service); his activities in the German military
during the German incorporation of Austria and the Sudetenland, and the German
invasions and occupations of Poland, France, and the Soviet Union; and the time he
served as a prisoner of war.
Language: English N.d.
0.5 linear inches
Source of Acquisition: Sigurd Askevold
Restrictions: Fair use only