Letter from Ernest Dear Lotte: I am sitting happily with Goetzle. I have with me the small suitcase and the bread satchel. Thousand-thousand kisses, Your Ernst Translated from the original German. This note was delivered to Lotte from her husband Ernest on October 18, 1944, the day he was deported from Theresienstadt. Letter from…
This letter was written to Lotte by Ernest in 1943: My Gold: I am happy that you feel better and hope we will see each other outside. How did you like the soup? At noon I went to Mrs. Wiener; she gave me a letter. All are sending you regards. Tomorrow I am distributing lunch…
Birthday Poem, 1942 Birthday wishes in the Ghetto, from March 9, 1942. How few of those, expelled like us to the ghetto, remained true to themselves? How few of those around us are not envious and hostile, would not sell themselves and others? How ** few are purified for a better future by…
Transport slip The official wartime deportation slip for Margarete (Greta) Wotitzky. Transport Record In the above document, acquired from a postwar archive, we find specific information about Lotte’s mother’s fate. In the first line, we see her Czech name, Markéta Wotitzká, and her birthdate, January 15th, 1890. In the next line, we learn that…
German map of Theresienstadt during the war.
Work Ticket Time Card Found in Ernest’s pocket upon his return.
Stills from “Der Führer schenkt den Juden eine Stadt,” or “Hitler Builds the Jews a City.” This propaganda film was intended to portray Thersienstadt as a “model” ghetto, so the camp was thoroughly cleaned and beautified prior to the filming.
Photo to Commemorate Liberation, 1945 A photograph given to Lotte. The man on the far right is Lotte’s husband, Ernest. Translation from Czech: To Remember May 1945 (Liberation), I am sending this to you. [Signature unknown] Capek House This document verifies the entrance of a group of Jews, including Ernest, into Czechoslovakia on May…