Arnold and Bianca Kraus letters
Extent and Medium
folder
1
1 CD-ROM,
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Frank Palmer
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Frank Palmer donated the Arnold and Bianca Kraus letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011.
Scope and Content
Consists of a CD-ROM containing scans of letters, most of which were written by Arnold and Bianca Kraus, and their children in the United States, František Petr and Alice (later Alice Stránský) originally of Náchod, Czechoslovakia, between 1939 and 1943. Arnold perished in Theresienstadt (Terezin), while Bianca perished upon arrive in Auschwitz concentration camp. The originals of these letters and documents are preserved and accessible at the Jewish Museum in Prague. Also contains a folder of a detailed family history explaining the context of the letters.
System of Arrangement
The Arnold and Bianca Kraus letters is arranged in a single series.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Jewish Museum in Prague
People
- Stránský, Alice.
- Kraus, Arnold.
- Kraus, František Petr.
- Kraus, Bianca.
Subjects
- Náchod (Czech Republic : Okres)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czech Republic.
- Czech Republic.
Genre
- Document
- Correspondence.