Kurt Rosenthal papers
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Creator(s)
- Kurt Rosenthal
Biographical History
Kurt Rosenthal worked as a banker in Berlin, Germany. In 1933, he left Berlin and moved to France. Rosenthal was interned in Les Milles and Gurs internment camps in France as an “enemy alien.” His son is Robert Ronald.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Robert Ronald donated the Kurt Rosenthal papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.
Scope and Content
The Kurt Rosenthal papers consists of letters addressed to Kurt Rosenthal and his sisters, dated 1940-1941. Some of the letters were written while Kurt Rosenthal was imprisoned in Les Milles and Gurs internment camps in France as an “enemy alien.” The letter dated November 8, 1940 informs about the arrival of Jews in Gurs internment camp from Baden.
System of Arrangement
The Kurt Rosenthal papers is arranged in a single series.
People
- Rosenthal, Kurt.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- France.
- Concentration camp inmates.
- Refugees.
- Families.
- Concentration camp inmates--France.
Genre
- Document
- Letters.
- Correspondence.