Margarete Brinkmann diary

Identifier
irn502327
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.159
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502327

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Creator(s)

  • Margarete Brinkmann

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.

Sinje Ollen donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on April 12, 2000. Sinje Ollen received this diary after the death of her grandmother, Margarete Brinkmann.

Scope and Content

Contains a diary written by Margarete Brinkmann, a German citizen who began her diary on May 9, 1945, commenting on the defeat of Germany and her perceptions about the effects of Nazism on German society. Also includes color copies of wartime family documentation and correspondence, revealing the family's awareness of concentration camps and of their devotion to Hitler.

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.