Heinrich Pollatschek collection

Heinrich Pollatschek collection 

Heinrich Pollatschek collection 

2 folders 

Copy family correspondence including postcards from Heinrich Pollatschek in Buchenwald to his wife, Zdenka, between August 1938 and March 1939; also letters and postcards from Heinrich and Zdenka Pollatschek from Kielce ghetto, Poland to family in Vienna and London. The correspondence describes the miserable conditions which they endured including food scarcity and cramped accommodation. Heinrich is described as working as an orderly at the office of the Jewish Council of Elders. His wife suffered from high blood pressure and severe rheumatism; also includes English summaries of some of the correspondence.