Behiç Erkin memoir

Identifier
irn36492
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.42
Dates
1 Jan 1876 - 31 Dec 1958, 1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2008
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Turkish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36492

Extent and Medium

folder

1

1 CD-ROM,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Yücel Güçlü

Mr. Yücel Güçlü donated this memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Feb. 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of one CD-ROM containing the unpublished memoir, 589 pages, in Turkish, of Ambassador Behiç Erkin, who was the Turkish ambassador to Vichy France during World War II. Also includes a photocopy of a February 20, 1944 report from Laurence Steinhardt in Ankara to the War Refugee Board in Washington, DC, regarding rescue efforts in Turkey.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Yücel Güçlü

People

  • Erkin, Behiç.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. War Refugee Board

Genre

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.