Ernst and Edith Heller Collection

Item

Title: Ernst and Edith Heller Collection
Subject: Immigrants--Australia--History; World War, 1939-1945--Sources; World War, 1939-1945--Refugees; Jews, Austrian
Category: 3. World War I; 4. World War II; 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Author: Heller, Ernst and Edith
Current holder: State Library of Victoria
Date: 1913
Series number: MS 15670
Item number: 9933547713607636
Access rights: Request at location
Country of origin: Austria; England; Australia
Language: German
Secondary languages: English
Description from source: 18 cm., German with English translations.
Physical format: Correspondence; Diaries; Photographs
Abstract: The collection of Austrian Jewish refugees Ernst and Edith Heller who arrived in Melbourne from Vienna, via Naples, in 1939. Family correspondence with English translations from relatives in Vienna, Berkley, California, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Budapest and Tel Aviv. There are 2 diaries one of which is Ernst's 1918 war diary detailing his service in Italy, both have English translations. Also included are photographs of the Austrian Tirol and Vienna, many photographs of unidentified people, photographs of Edith Heller and family photographs for both Edith and Ernst. Red Cross tracing service documents for Heinrich and Alice Spitzer transported from Vienna to the Riga Ghetto in 1942. The collection includes a Jewish passport for both Edith and Ernst Heller and Ernst's 1939 Jewish identity card. Also included are Edith's musical study testimonies and a student handbook as well as Viennese theatre programs. Australian documentation includes Ernst's work references and a memorial essay about Edith. Also included is a family history.
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