Metadata : Kuhn, Hannele (c 1925): Family papers
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Holding institution (official language):
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Postal address:
- 29 Russell Square London Greater London United Kingdom WC1B 5DP
- Phone number:
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7636 7247
- Web address:
- https://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Holding institution (official language):
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Postal address:
- 29 Russell Square London Greater London United Kingdom WC1B 5DP
- Phone number:
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7636 7247
- Web address:
- https://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/
- Reference number:
- 1574
- Title:
- Kuhn, Hannele (c 1925): Family papers
- Title (official language):
- Kuhn, Hannele (c 1925): Family papers
- Creator/accumulator:
- Kuhn, Hannele, c 1925, Jewish refugee
- Date(s):
- 1893/1945
- Language:
- English
- German
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Scope and content:
- Papers of Hannele Kuhn, 1893-1945, comprise family correspondence and papers. The letters give a very moving account of the experience of a very close-knit, family split by the Nazis and ultimately condemned to death. The correspondence includes Red Cross telegrams between Hannele and her parents and an aunt (Meta) in Treibnitz, who was last heard of towards the end of the war and is thought to have been killed during the Russian advance. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters from the parents to Hannele and her guardians. The first few deal with a failed attempt to get Hannele out by the Salvation Army. Most of them are dated up to end of 1940, by which time they were smuggled out by a mutual friend.Amongst the last letters are a couple from the intermediary after the deportation of Hertha and Franz. Perhaps the most poignant is the parents' last letter, dated 22 June 1942, which, having been re-read some 50 years later by Hannele, is thought to be a farewell letter, containing words of advice on how to lead her life. In addition to the above are a few copy birth, marriage and death certificates pertaining to the Kirk family (Hannele's husband, also a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany).
- Administrative/biographical history:
- This collection of family papers consists primarily of letters from the Jewish parents, Franz and Hertha Kuhn in Berlin, to their daughter, Hannele or Hannah, who had managed to find refuge in Great Britain, having come out on one of the Kindertransporte in 1939. The letters give a very moving account of the trials and tribulations of a very close-knit, loving family split asunder by the Nazis and ultimately condemned to death.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Kirk
- Kuhn, Franz
- Kuhn, Hannele
- Kuhn, Hertha
- Access, restrictions:
- Open
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue see https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/70076
- Author of the description:
- Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
- Wiener Library
- Reference number:
- 1574
- Title:
- Kuhn, Hannele (c 1925): Family papers
- Title (official language):
- Kuhn, Hannele (c 1925): Family papers
- Creator/accumulator:
- Kuhn, Hannele, c 1925, Jewish refugee
- Date(s):
- 1893/1945
- Language:
- English
- German
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Scope and content:
- Papers of Hannele Kuhn, 1893-1945, comprise family correspondence and papers. The letters give a very moving account of the experience of a very close-knit, family split by the Nazis and ultimately condemned to death. The correspondence includes Red Cross telegrams between Hannele and her parents and an aunt (Meta) in Treibnitz, who was last heard of towards the end of the war and is thought to have been killed during the Russian advance. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters from the parents to Hannele and her guardians. The first few deal with a failed attempt to get Hannele out by the Salvation Army. Most of them are dated up to end of 1940, by which time they were smuggled out by a mutual friend.Amongst the last letters are a couple from the intermediary after the deportation of Hertha and Franz. Perhaps the most poignant is the parents' last letter, dated 22 June 1942, which, having been re-read some 50 years later by Hannele, is thought to be a farewell letter, containing words of advice on how to lead her life. In addition to the above are a few copy birth, marriage and death certificates pertaining to the Kirk family (Hannele's husband, also a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany).
- Administrative/biographical history:
- This collection of family papers consists primarily of letters from the Jewish parents, Franz and Hertha Kuhn in Berlin, to their daughter, Hannele or Hannah, who had managed to find refuge in Great Britain, having come out on one of the Kindertransporte in 1939. The letters give a very moving account of the trials and tribulations of a very close-knit, loving family split asunder by the Nazis and ultimately condemned to death.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Kirk
- Kuhn, Franz
- Kuhn, Hannele
- Kuhn, Hertha
- Access, restrictions:
- Open
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue see https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/70076
- Author of the description:
- Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
- Wiener Library
