1 records – page 1 of 1.

Deutz Family

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51305
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : b&w ; Ht: 3,5 in. x W: 2,25 in.
Date
1935
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : b&w ; Ht: 3,5 in. x W: 2,25 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1935
Physical Condition
Poor
Language
German
Notes
With white border. Outdoor group portrait of four people; two women, one man and a young boy standing in front of a wall. Third from left is Willy Deutz. Woman first on the left might be his wife Paula Deutz. Narrative: Willie Deutz, a German Jew from Frankfurt was married in 1929 to a German gentile woman named Paula. They had met as Paula worked as a servant for Willie’s parents. Willie was arrested in 1943 and sent to a prison in Darmstadt (Germany). Willie was killed on August 25, 1943 in Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland). Paula received a death notice from the camp commandant, pretending her husband had succumbed to an infection and she could retrieve his ashes if she desired to do so.
Accession No.
1996.05.05
Name Access
Ferch, Werner
Places
Wilelmsbad, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Less detail