Heinrich Pollatschek collection

Heinrich Pollatschek collection 

Heinrich and Zdenka Pollatschek lived in Vienna until they were taken by the Nazis to Kielce, Poland, which soon turned into a ghetto. Their son, the donor's father, was able to escape to Great Britain in late 1938, having been sponsored by a non Jewish family. Their daughter, Lisl, was able to stay in Vienna, having married a non Jew in March 1938. The vast majority of the correspondence was sent from the donor's grandparents back to their daughter, Lisl Musil and her husband, Franz and the remainder to Herma Pollatschek, the donor's father's first wife, whom he married on 24 December 1936. 

Heinrich Pollatschek collection