S. Z. Kantor collection

Identifier
irn501869
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0360
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501869

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Gideon Kantor, son of S. Z. Kantor, gave his father's correspondence and Red Cross documents to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in October 1997. Kantor gave the materials relating to Ohrdruf in January 1998.

Scope and Content

Contains two copies of "Public Status of the International Red Cross Committee under International Law and Publicity of its Activities and Reports"; a copy of a transcribed letter from S.Z. Kantor to Cordell Hull, July 28, 1943; copy of a transcribed letter from S. Z. Kantor to Norman H. Davis, March 6, 1944; five photographs from Ohrdruf following Liberation taken by a friend of Gideon Kantor; and one photocopied article about S.Z. Kantor, former president of the Vienna Bar Association.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.