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Jacobowitz family papers, 1942-1945
1988.1115
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Title: Jacobowitz family papers
Identifier/Call Number: 1988.1115
Contributing Institution:
Tauber Holocaust Library
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Container: Archives Box 12
Physical Description:
2.0 Folder(s)
Date (inclusive): 1942-1945
Abstract: This collection is comprised of documents and artifacts belonging to members of the Jacobowitz family and document their experiences
during the Holocaust while imprisoned in Westerbork Concentration Camp in the Netherlands and in Terezin concentration camp
in Czechoslovakia.
Creator:
Jacobowitz family
Absent biographical material, most of this history is drawn from an examination of the collection documents themselves.
Elfriede Ollendorff Jacobowitz (Jakobowitz) was born in Breslau, Germany in October 4, 1892. It appears that she and her family
left Germany and settled in Utrecht in September 1941. By 1943 Elfriede was interned in Westerbork Concentration Camp. Correspondence
indicates that the family of Elfriede Jacobowitz and the family of Henny Gabriele Jacobowitz were registered on an exchange
list for Palestine and were so notified in November 1943. A response to a Red Cross message dated December 25, 1944 places
Elfriede in Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia. An identification card dated March 1945 indicates that she worked as a personnel
clerk in a mica processing plant, presumably in Theresienstadt. In June 1945, Elfriede Jacobowitz requested repatriation to
the Hague, Netherlands from the Czechoslovak Repatriation Office.
Another family member, Henny Gabriele Jacobowitz, to whom correspondence regarding the Palestine prisoner exchange was sent,
was born on August 20, 1923 in Breslau and perished in Bergen-Belsen camp on March 30, 1945, according to In Memoriam. Sdu
Uitgeverij Koninginnegracht, Den Haag 1995.
The collection is divided between documents and artifacts, and within each series, to the extent possible, chronologically.
Jacobowitz family papers - 1988-1115, Tauber Holocaust Library - JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California
The collection comprises documents and artifacts of the Jacobowitz family during the period 1942-1945. It documents the experiences
of the family who deported to Westerbork, a transit camp in the Netherlands, and in Terezin, a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.
Of particular interest may be a bulletin listing what possessions deportees were allowed to take Westerbork. Artifacts include
a yellow Jewish star badge and an armband from Westerbork
Documents indicate that members of this family were chosen for a prisoner exchange to Palestine, but at least one member was
a displaced person in Czechoslovakia after the war ended.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Westerbork (Concentration camp).
Armbands
Artifacts
Correspondence -- Netherlands
Family papers -- Netherlands
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Netherlands
Stars of David -- Netherlands
World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands