Hugo and Gretel Klein: copy correspondence
Extent and Medium
1 file
Archival History
The letters were left with non-Jewish neighbours and friends of the parents and were only discovered in the early 1950s by Kay's brother, Bob (Bertyl), who was an officer in the U.S. army stationed in Germany. At the time he wanted to visit the small town of Neustadt in Bavaria, where the family lived before the outbreak of World War II. The letters eventually came into the possession of Kay's nephew who was able to make copies of the originals and distributed them amongst her brothers and sister.
Acquisition
Klein corresp
Donated May 1993
Donor: Norman Fyne
Scope and Content
This collection comprises the literal translation of letters written in old German Gothic script by the parents of Kay Fyne and her brothers and sister (now living in the U.S.). Kay's brother-in-law, Kurt Klein, who lives in Seattle, Washington, managed to decypher a lot of the script, which Kay has used to help in her own interpretation of how she felt her parents would wish to express themselves. She has, however, tried to keep as near as possible to the actual written style.
A lot of the references and names in the letters refer to members of both her father's and mother's families and their friends and neighbours.
Conditions Governing Access
Open
People
- Klein, Hugo
- Klein, Gretel
Subjects
- Family documents [doc]
- Letters