us-005578-irn672592-irn611478
history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1936-01-01
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has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/2017-12-31
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title: Anne Ranasinghe papers
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record resource extent: boxes oversize boxes oversize folders 1 3 3
record resource structure: The collection is arranged as five series: Series 1. Biographical material, 1938-2017 Series 2. Correspondence, 1939-2015 Series 3. Writings and publications, 1936-2016 and undated Series 4. Photographs, 1914-circa 1990 Series 5. Visual media, 1986
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has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1914-01-01
has or had some members with language: fra
history: Anne Ranasinghe (1925-2016) was born Anneliese Henriette Katz on 2 October 1925 in Essen, Germany to Jewish parents Emil and Anna Katz. Emil Katz (1892-1944) was born on 16 August 1892 in Züschen, Germany to Joseph (1850-1905) and Marianne (d. 1933) Katz. He had eight siblings: Max (1878-1942), Victor (1884-1942), Julius (1885-1942), Hermann (1885-1914?), Lina (1887-1943), Klara (1889-1942), Moritz (1890-1915), and Sophie (1894-1943). He married Anna on 3 November 1924 in Essen. Anna Katz (born Aenne Amalie Mendel, 1902-1944) was born on 17 March 1902 in Cologne, Germany to Paula (1878-1942, née Stern, born on 23 October 1878 in Kamen) and Alfred Mendel. Alfred died when Anna was very young, and In 1908 Paula married Joseph Heiser (b. 5 May 1876 in Breitenbach), and they had a daughter Liselotte (1911-1986, later Lotte Nienaber). Emil was a World War I veteran and his brothers Hermann and Moritz were both killed during the war. He owned a small factory that manufactured sanitary items. Although the family lived in Essen, in 1936 Anne began traveling daily to attend the Jewish Gymnasium in Cologne (the Jawne) since Jewish children were no longer permitted to attend the regular school in Essen. As a child, she also developed an interest in writing. Her family was religious and regularly attended Synagogue. Anne was also active in the Maccabi Hatzair Zionist youth group. During Kristallnacht (9-10 November 1938), the Katz family witnessed the burning of the Essen synagogue, and Anna and Anne were alone in their apartment when it was attacked on the evening of the 9th. Emil was arrested on the morning of 9 November. He was first sent to prison and later to the Dachau concentration camp. After sustained efforts by Anna, Emil was released from Dachau on 28 November. Anne’s parents decided to send her to England, with her grandmother’s brother, Dr. Ernst Stern and his wife Maria acting as her sponsor. On 26 January 1939 Emil took her as far as the Dutch border, arranged fo…
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has or had some members with language: eng
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scope and content: The collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, writings, and photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Anne Ranasinghe (born Anneliese Katz), originally of Essen, Germany, including her immigration to England as a refugee in January 1939, and her post-war career as a poet and writer in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The papers include research regarding the fates of her parents Anna and Emil Katz, letters to Anne from her parents in Essen from 1939-1940, Anne’s wartime diary, post-war correspondence, poems, essays, and related writings, and family photographs. Biographical material of Anne’s includes photocopies of her German and English passports, her birth certificate, and material related to the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany awarded to her in 2015. Other material primarily relates to research regarding the fates of her parents and relatives during the Holocaust. Correspondence includes letters and postcards sent to Anne in England from her parents in Essen from 1939-1940, a 1939 letter from the German Jewish Aid Committee acknowledging her letter to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain regarding her parents situation, post-war letters from Anne to Maria Stern, who sponsored her immigration to England in 1939, and post-war correspondence regarding the Alte Synagogue in Essen, the Heimsuchung documentary, her family history, and her work. Also included are letters received from Elie Wiesel, Israeli President Shimon Peres, and Buckingham Palace on behalf of Queen Elizabeth. Writings include Anne’s diary, written from 1939-1947 in both German and English. The bulk of the diary consists of entries from 1939-1941, and also includes several drawings and poems in the back. English translations of several entries from 1939 are also included with the papers. Other writings of Anne include essays, poems, text for an exhibition at the Alte Synagogue in Essen, and the script for a Purim play she wrote in 1936. Additional w…
identifier: irn611478
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/701
has or had some members with language: deu