Niels Bach collection

Identifier
irn35637
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.83.1
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35637

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Niels Bach

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Niels Bach.

Scope and Content

Contains a postcard sent from Vienna in 1938 with image of poster “Der Ewige Jude”; a postcard with caricature of Kurt Schuschnigg, Jews, clergy running away from new regime; a postcard with the stamp depicting Winston Churchill and captioned ”Not worth a penny”; a letter written by a Jewish prisoner in Sachsenhausen to his family, dated November 3, 1940; a letter written by a prisoner in Dachau concentration camp to his family in Oppeln; and a letter written by German authorities in Brno to Jan Lustig warning him that his account will be confiscated if he doesn’t present himself, on the other side the pencil notation reads (in translation) "all the Jews left in the unknown direction," dated February 18, 1944.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Niels Bach

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.

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