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‘I will finish your work’: one woman’s fight for the Jewish art and letters her mother saved from the Nazis
- A suitcase with 681 drawings and letters by Peter Kien has reached the Wiener Holocaust Library in London.
- Judy King led a decades-long effort to recover the suitcase his lover Helga Wolfenstein hid for decades.
- Provenance and customs hurdles nearly halted the transfer before final clearance.
- The collection was previously held by Czech authorities, then the Terezín Memorial, before the donation.
- The Wiener Holocaust Library will house the documents alongside nearly 100 existing Kien items.
- Judy King spoke of her mother Helga Wolfenstein’s influence and mission to recover the suitcase.
- Howard Falksohn of the Wiener Holocaust Library called the donation a meaningful contribution ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- The campaign drew support from U.S. and European institutions amid calls to repatriate artifacts.
- The collection documents ghetto life in Theresienstadt through Kien’s drawings and writings.
- The donation preserves the legacy of Helga Wolfenstein, a key holder of the suitcase.
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