Frank Meissner collection

Identifier: irn47022
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47022

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Margit Meissner, the widow of Frank Meissner.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a medal, diaries, and documents relating to the experiences of Frank Meissner and his family in Trest, Czechoslovakia, before, and his family in Theresienstadt concentration camp, during the Holocaust and of Frank in Scandinavia and Great Britain during and after World War II.

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Pametni Medaile Ceskoslovenska Armada V Zahranici (Czechoslovak Army Abroad) awarded to a Czech Jewish soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn44079
- English
- 1939-1945
- a: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) b: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Commemorative medal for the Czechoslovak Army Abroad 1939-1945 with ribbon and pin awarded to Franz Meissner for his service from 1944-1945 with the Czech Air Force for the government in exile based in Great Britain. The medal was awarded to those Czechoslovaks who were outside their country at the time of the German invasion, or subsequently escaped abroad, and joined Allied forces or all-Czechoslovak units. Franz arrived in England in September 1944. He was told that if he wanted refuge and a Czech passport, he had to volunteer for the Czech government in exile army. He served in the Roya...

Frank Meissner collection

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Pametni Medaile Ceskoslovenska Armada V Zahranici (Czechoslovak Army Abroad) awarded to a Czech Jewish soldier