Suzanne Ullmann papers

Dr Suzanne Ullmann was a zoologist, born of Jewish parents in Budapest in 1935. She lectured for many years at the University of Glasgow. Her father, Rudi Ullmann, a jeweller, had moved to London in the hope of setting up a business. Her mother, Lenke Ullmann, née Brueck, followed him out there but was unable to return to Hungary because of WWII. Suzanne along with her younger twin siblings, Joseph and Louis, were looked after by their grandmothers. They remained in Budapest throughout the war experiencing the Nazi occupation and were ultimately saved, it is thought, by residing in the 'Glass House', a safe house created by Carl Lutz, the Swiss Vice-consul in Budapest, who was famed for saving the lives of many thousands of Jews. After the war the three children and the two grandmothers were reunited with the parents in London and their two new twin siblings, John and Eva, with whom communication was difficult as they only spoke English.   

Suzanne Ullmann papers 

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This collection comprises papers of the Ullmann family including correspondence received by Rudi and Lenke Ullmann in the UK from Lenke's mother Regina Brueck née Reisner, aka 'Lill Mama' (Little Grandma), 1939-1942 (with introduction and notes on individuals) 1878/1; poems by Regina Brueck, 1910-1940s, 1878/2; a long letter written by Regina Brueck to her daughter, Heddy, detailing the family's experiences in Budapest during the war, c1945, 1878/3; account by Suzanne Ullmann of life during the war in Budapest, 1878/4 

 

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