New acquisitions

Claude Fromm

The following are additions to the Centre’s collection from August to December 2010:

1 Series of items belonging to donor’s late cousin Lisa Scheuer who passed away in Cologne, Germany in 2003. The items pertain to the time when Lisa was interned in the Freiburg aircraft factory during the Second World War. Many are items that Lisa made herself. They include a canvas bag, two knives, a pencil, a toothbrush and containers.

Donor: The Arnott Family

3 Copy of diary titled Deportation from Baden-Baden, Theo Rosenthal’s record of his family’s exile from Nazi Germany to France from 1940 to 1944. Introduction by donor included.

Donor: Mr Robert Westheimer

2 Member’s Identity Card No 1534 of the Selfaid of the Jewish Former Concentration Camp Inmates Upper Austria, an organisation established to assist former concentration camp inmates. The identity card belonged to the donor’s late father Rubin Suraski.

Donor: Mrs. Theresa Gani

The Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC) Collection is a vital repository of Holocaust-era material. Artefacts and documents are carefully catalogued and stored in a stateof-the-art temperature-controlled facility to ensure their preservation for future generations. The JHC invites members of the public who have precious items relating to the Holocaust to consider donating them to our collection for safekeeping.