Hugo and Gretel Klein: copy correspondence

Identifier
WL953
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70852
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Jan 1942
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

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

Subjects

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.