Jiři Eisenstein letter
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Kussi
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Peter Kussi donated the Jiři Eisenstein letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2011.
Scope and Content
The Jiři Eisenstein letter consists of one letter dated 1942, 6 pages of text written in English to Peter Kussi. Though unsigned, the letter was written by Mr. Kussi's uncle, Jiri Eisenstein, who explained his life from 1939-1942 in Prague under the Nazi regime in very poetic, exact terms. The letter was smuggled out of Prague and sent to New York, where Mr. Kussi received it in 1944. In January 1944, Jiri Eisenstein was deported to Auschwitz, where he perished. His wife, Mimi, was killed in Auschwitz in March 1944.
System of Arrangement
The Jiři Eisenstein letter is arranged in a single series.
People
- Eisenstein, Jiři.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czech Republic--Prague--Personal narratives.
- Czech Republic.
- Prague (Czech Republic)
Genre
- Letter.
- Document
- Personal narratives.