Irma C. Erman Papers
Biographical History
German Jewish writer; subsequently emigre in China and the United States.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, writings, personal documents, printed matter, photographs, and art objects, relating to German Jewish emigre affairs, the history of antisemitism, and Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution. Includes two plays dramatizing the actions of Paul Gruninger, a Swiss police captain, and Mitsugi Shibata, a Japanese official, in saving the lives of Jewish refugees in Austria and China, respectively, during World War II.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
10 ms. boxes, 1 oversize box, 6 linear ft., 4 paintings
Archivist Note
Status: October 1980, revised most recently August 2016 by Agnes F. Peterson
Sources
The Hoover Institution Archives: Annotated list of archival materials relating to the Holocaust (Inclued materials relating to Jews, Jewish communities in various countries, Zionism, and antisemitism)
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0