Gottschalk family correspondence

Identifier
irn42064
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.324.1
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ronit Arnsdorf Atlan

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Ronit Atlan donated the Gottschalk family correspondence to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in July 2010.

Scope and Content

The Gottschalk family correspondence consists of correspondence from the Gottschalk family of Libau (Liepaja), Latvia, in the period before, during, and after the Holocaust. Includes correspondence to Agnes Arnsdorff, who had immigrated to Palestine from her family from 1937-1941, and after 1944. Most of the family was murdered by the Einsatzgruppen in December 1941.

System of Arrangement

The Gottschalk family correspondence is arranged in a single series.

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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.