Peter Kollisch Collection 1915-1998

Addenda 2: Videotape with report on Peter Kollisch by the Austrian Television ORF2 (uncut 45min plus actual 5min.-newspiece) [videotape removed to A/V Collection] [Not Microfilmed]Videotape removed to A/V CollectionFolder 1: Diary, Documents, 1915-1939, 1998: Various materials pertaining to Otto Kollisch, father of Peter Kollisch including: curriculum vitae; official decorations; certificate indicating participation in WW I; diary of Adolph and Anna MarkusFolder 2: Documents, Poetry, Correspondence, 1939-1946: Copies of school certificates (1937-1939); poem by Margareta Kollisch about Einstein. Einstein's response in same poetry format; correspondence between Margareta Kollisch and her husband Otto (August 1939-February 1940); article about Peter Kollisch (in Emigrierte Sozialarbeit); Questionnaire of Austrian Heritage Collection at the Leo Baeck InstitutePeter Kollisch was born in Baden, Austria in 1928, the son of the architect Otto Kollisch and the poet Margarete Kollisch.In 1923 Margarete Moller married the architect Otto Kollisch. They had three children: Stefan (later Steve), Peter, and Eva. In 1939 the family began to leave Austria: the children left first on a Kindertransport to England in July 1939, while Otto Kollisch immigrated to the United States via England in August 1939, and Margarete Kollisch travelled via Holland, arriving in the U.S. in October 1939. The children followed their parents to America in April 1940, when the family was reunited and settled in Staten Island.Austrian Heritage CollectionSee also AHC interview with Peter Kollisch (AHC 312)digitize