Bendix, Otto (1878-1943) : Last letter

Scope and Content

Farewell letter from Otto Bendix to his wife documenting his last moments in Berlin prior to deportation to Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942.

Administrative / Biographical History

Otto Bendix was born in Wilmersdorf, Berlin, 1878, of Jewish heritage. He married a non-Jew and was deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp on one of the 'old people's transports' on 3 October 1942, where he died on 8 January 1943.

Arrangement

This collection contains one item.

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Received from a family friend, Jun 1990.

Other Finding Aids

A description of this archive exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Archivist's Note

Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

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