Alexander and Milada Fischl papers

MLMSS 11589

fonds

approximately 1952-1980

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings, Ephemera, Photographs

9663883

0.32 metres of textual material (2 boxes)

Milada and Alexander (Sasha) Fischl (later Fisher) emigrated to Australia from Czechoslovakia, after having survived the Holocaust and internment in the Theresienstadt concentration camp at Terezin during the Second World War. Their five-year-old son, Zdenek, died while at the camp. They arrived in Australia on the Ugolino Vivaldi in 1949 and were naturalised in 1955. Part of the lively artistic community in Sydney, Milada opened a private art gallery and Alexander ran Alexander S. Fisher & Co., a textile agency.

Donor was the daughter of a family friend of Alexander and Milada Fischl and inherited the collection.

BOX 1
Folder 1
Letters from Erwin Reiner to Milada, ca. 1954 & undated.
Folder 2
Letters from Erwin Reiner to Milada, ca. 1955.
Folder 3
Letters from Erin Reiner letters to Milada, ca.1956.
Folder 4
Letters from Eva and Eric Luke, Erna Alice Tutsch, undated. Letters from Walter Carrington, ca. 1967-1973. Correspondence with Cathy Parsonson ca. 1974-1979.
Folder 5
Letters from Quinn (Harlequin) to Milada, ca. 1962-1973.
Folder 6
Letters and postcards from Anne Riviera in French to Milada, ca. 1972-1975. Three photographs of family gatherings, 1972 and 1973. Newspaper clipping on the Darwin cyclone in French. Correspondence between Otakar Kraus and Alexander, ca. 1970-1980.

BOX 2
Folder 1
Letters and postcards from Alexander to Milada, ca. 1972-1974 & undated.
Folder 2
Miscellaneous correspondence, ca. 1954-1980 & undated. Includes unsent letters from Alexander from 1980.
Folder 3
Letters from Zdenka Datheil to Milada, ca. 1969-1974. Includes 2 photos, 14 art prints, newspaper clippings and art exhibition pamphlet.
Folder 4
Postcards, greeting cards and ephemera.
Folder 5
Photographs of Alexander, Milada and Zdenek. Photographs of sculptures, probably modelled on Milada’s sister Hanicka.
Folder 6
Card with artwork on front from Claire and Imre Szigeti. Newspaper clippings about Imre Szigeti and gallery listings. Letters and postcards to Milada from Milča Mayerová, ca. 1973-1975.
Folder 7
Erwin Reiner cards for Milada, hand painted, 1952. Diary, probably belonging to Erwin Reiner. Sketchbook. Letter from Weston, Woodley & Robertson accountants regarding Alexander’s assets. List of Alexander's assets and liabilities at the time of his death.
Folder 8
Alexander S. Fisher & Co. letterhead, Milada’s business card. ‘Pictures make a home’ leaflet for Milada’s business. Alexander’s journal from approximately 1952 which includes drawings, cartoons and Milada’s beauty studio certificate. Passenger lists from various cruise ships, including one menu, ca. 1956-1969.

English, Czech, French, German

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