us-005578-irn76643
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Lillian Schachter (1927-2005) was born in Subotica, Serbia to Endre and Ilona (Jelene) Lederer. Her family was forced into the local ghetto from April to June 1944 and briefly transferred to the Bàcsalmàs ghetto in Hungary. She and her mother were deported to Auschwitz in June, transferred to Langenbielau in July 1944, and liberated in May 1945. Her father also survived. She married Alexander Schachter, their daughter Edith was born in 1948, and they immigrated to the United States in November 1949 and settled in Chicago. Alexander Schachter (1922-1987) was born in Subotica, Serbia to Moritz and Ester (Etela) Schachter. He survived Hungarian labor battalions and Mauthausen concentration camp and was liberated in May 1945 at the Gunskirchen camp. His parents were killed in the Holocaust.
has beginning date: 1945-01-01
has end date: 1969-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had some members with language: srp
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: ita
has or had subject: 0
has or had subject: 570
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn76643
record resource extent: folders 4
record resource structure: The Lillian and Alexander Schachter papers are arranged as a single series: I. Lillian and Alexander Schachter papers, 1945-1969
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The Lillian and Alexander Schachter papers consist of birth and marriage certificates, identification cards, immigration and naturalization certificates, and affidavits and legal correspondence documenting the Schachters’ internment in Auschwitz and Mauthausen, their immigration to the United States, and their efforts to receive restitution for damages suffered during the Holocaust including teeth that Lillian Schachter lost.
title: Lillian and Alexander Schachter papers