Richard Towne collection
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center
Richard Towne donated this collection to the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center. This collection was transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum upon the closure of the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center in Springfield, MA, in September 2010.
Scope and Content
The Richard Towne collection consists of correspondence between American businessman Richard P. Towne and German businessman Herman Ebhardt, between 1927-1937. In the correspondence, the men discuss the politics in their respective countries, the leadership of Franklin Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler, and the persecution of Jews in Germany. Also includes Richard H. Towne's notes on his memories of the relationship between Ebhardt and Towne's father, as well as correspondence with, and photographs of, Ebhardt's family in the 1960s and 1970s.
People
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Ebhardt, Herman.
- Towne, Richard.
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
Subjects
- Germany.
- Jews--Germany.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
- Correspondence.