United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Julius Ochs was arrested on Kristallnacht and was taken to Dachau concentration camp. He was released after six weeks through the efforts of his wife, Therese. Julius and Therese Ochs immigrated to the United States in the summer of 1939. Their son, Hermann, was a medical student at the University of Heidelberg and immigrated to the United States in 1934.
Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
box 1
Arrangement is thematic
Consists of one box of documents, including a postcard written by Julius Ochs [donor's father] to Therese Ochs [donor's mother] from Dachau concentration camp. The papers also consist of two identification cards "Kennkart") issued to Julius Ochs and Theresa Sarah Ochs [donor's parents] by"Der Landra" (District Magistrate) in Rastatt, Germany along with letters, memoranda, reports, etc., relating to the Holocaust experience, emigration, and restitution claims of members of the Ochs family.
Ochs family papers