Peter Erben Collection: Documentation regarding the Jews of Czechoslovakia, and specifically the Jews of Ostrava, during the Holocaust period
Biographical History
Peter Erben, a native of Ostrava, was an inmate in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and other camps during the Holocaust period. After the war, he was greatly involved in the collection of materials related to the fate of the Jews of Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust in general and the fate of the Jews of Ostrava in particular.
Archival History
Erben submitted a part of the collection of memoirs, letters, photographs and documents he gathered to Yad Vashem.
Finding Aids
Description of the files are available on IDEA ALM system at Yad Vashem Archives reading room/
Existence and Location of Originals
YV archives
Archivist Note
JL according to the RG description in the YV system
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0
Dates of Descriptions
2014-05-18