Ceslovas Daukantas collection

Identifier
irn36877
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.124
Dates
1 Jan 1949 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36877

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of George Vytautas Daukantas

George Vytautas Daukantas donated this material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in March 2009. The original documents are housed at the John F. Kennedy Library.

Scope and Content

Consists of a copy of a letter to Congressman John F. Kennedy on 3 October 1949, from Ceslovas Daukantas regarding his brother Adolph, a displaced person living in a sanatorium during his recovery from tuberculosis. Mr. Daukantas sought Kennedy's help to have him transferred to a hospital in the American Zone. Also includes a copy of Kennedy's 14 October 1949, response in which he states that he has forwarded the information to the International Refugee Committee (IRC).

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.