This letter to Eilleen Chepenik from Martha Bauer refers to the photos of her aunt and uncle, Mathilde and Adolf Mondschein, and the parents of her husband Felix, Risa and Rudolf Bauer, that were donated to the collection. In it she also mentions the death of Risa and Rudolf Bauer in Auschitwz, and the unknown fate of her aunt and uncle who "were like parents to me." She also mentions that her sister, Claire, was still alive and living in Atlanta.
This letter to Eilleen Chepenik from Martha Bauer refers to the photos of her aunt and uncle, Mathilde and Adolf Mondschein, and the parents of her husband Felix, Risa and Rudolf Bauer, that were donated to the collection. In it she also mentions the death of Risa and Rudolf Bauer in Auschitwz, and the unknown fate of her aunt and uncle who "were like parents to me." She also mentions that her sister, Claire, was still alive and living in Atlanta.
This memo from the Union of Jewish Communities of Yougoslavia, Autonomous Relief Committee, Information Section, effectively ended Martha Bauer's search for her brother Rene. The Union of Jewish Communities had apparently cared for the group of immigrants that included Rene while they were refugees enroute to Palestine. After the German invasion of Serbia in the spring of 1941, the refugees were rounded up and put into a concentration camp near Sabac. Most of the men were executed over two days in October 1941 in the town of Zasavica.
Martha Bauer's aunt, Mathilde Mondschein, and her sister, Claire Mondschein, at their country villa in Cologne, Germany. The fate of her aunt is unknown. Her sister was the only survivor among those depicted in this collection.
Martha Bauer's uncle, Adolf Mondschein, and her sister, Claire Mondschein, at their country villa in Cologne, Germany. The fate of her uncle is unknown. Her sister was the only survivor among those depicted in this collection.
Passport photo of Martha Bauer's brother Rene Mondschein. Rene was executed in October 1941 in Zasavica, Yugoslavia in German-occupied Serbia. He was among hundreds of young European Jews, mostly members of Zionist hechalutz organizations in Austria and Germany, that had left in 1939 in an attempt to immigrate to British Palestine. See the following 1946 memo confirming his death.
After immigrating to the Dominican Republic, Felix Bauer continued to try to secure visas for his parents. This telegram to Felix (from Vienna?) is apparently from his parents (eltern) urgently inquiring about their entry?
