Harry Krieger memoir

Identifier

irn501294

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1996.A.0095

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501294

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Harry Krieger

Scope and Content

Contains a photocopy of letter, five pages, written by Harry (Heinz) Krieger (born 1922, Munich; died 2015, Plainview, NY) to his grandchildren about his experiences in Germany as child; the rise of Hitler; Kristallnacht; beating and arrest, release, and escape to England on a Kindertransport; and eventual immigration to the United States with his parents in 1939.

Genre

Personal narratives.
Document

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