Memoirs of Charlotte Lederer, born in Lundenburg, Czechoslovakia, 1897, regarding her experiences in Bruenn, Nikolsburg and Theresienstadt, 1939-1945

Memoirs of Charlotte Lederer, born in Lundenburg, Czechoslovakia, 1897, regarding her experiences in Bruenn, Nikolsburg and Theresienstadt, 1939-1945 - Her parents, Victor and Marie Wohlmuth were merchants; her first husband, whom she married in 1918, was Abram Hellmann, born in Lenczica, Poland,1892, who served the Lundenburg Jewish community as a cantor; move to Nikolsburg where Abram Hellmann serves as a chief cantor and school teacher; history of the Jewish community in Nikolsburg, Lundenburg and Kostel; information regarding the Jewish museum in Nikolsburg, built by Richard Teltscher and her husband Abram Hellmann; details regarding the museum and its move to Bruenn; the births of their three children Max-Mordechai, born 1919, Lilly, born 1921 and Edith-Rina, born 1923; mother Marie Wohlmuth lives with the Hellmann family; merits of Abram Hellmann; departure of Edith for Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah in February 1939; death of her mother Marie Wohlmuth in Bruenn at the age of 72, July 1941; life in Bruenn, September 1938-02 December 1941; anti-Semitism in Bruenn; Pogrom Night in Bruenn; first deportation train to Minsk with 1,000 Jews, second train to Riga with 1,000 Jews; deportation of Charlotte, Abram and Lilly to Theresienstadt with the third transport; arrival in Bauschowicz, 02 December, 1941; march to Theresienstadt; arrival of the transport with Jakob Edelstein immediately after the arrival of their transport; hanging of many Jews, chosen to be killed by Eichmann and Anton Burger; all Jews are forced to watch; many naked corpses show blood-stained bruises at the genitals; establishment of the Chevra Kaddisha (Burial Society) in Theresienstadt by Abram Hellmann; burial of more than 30,000 Jews and recording of their names and numbers by Cantor Hellmann, 02 December 1941-September 1944; camp routine, living conditions, single events; cultural activities; sports activities; religious life; education and schools (daughter Lilly works with children); Fredy Hirsch; diseases, epidemics; deportations to other camps; Jakob Edelstein; Dr. Paul Eppstein; Dipl. Ing. Otto Zucker; liberation; Count Bernadotte and the Danish inmates; aliya to Eretz Israel; arrival in Haifa, 24 April, 1946; settling in Tel Aviv; details regarding Max and Edith in Israel; no details regarding Abram Hellmann's death; Lilly's death shortly after the liberation (no further details); three family pictures at the end of the file. Manuscript and typewritten memoirs and testimonies.