Willard Lyon letter relating to Hitler's rise to power

Identifier
irn503748
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0071
  • RG-10.076.01
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1933
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503748

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Willard Lyon

Biographical History

Willard Lyon was a Congregationalist minister in Valley City, North Dakota, and a teacher of the Old Testament to Edward R. Stern.

Archival History

Edward R. Stern

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Edward R. Stern in 1991. Edward is the son of Herman Stern.

Scope and Content

Consists of a photocopy of a 21 March 1993 letter written by Rev. Willard Lyon of Gary, Indiana. In the letter, addressed to Herman Stern, Rev. Lyon asks the latter for his impressions of the changes that have taken place in Germany since Hitler's rise to power, and shares his opinions about the same.

People

  • Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

Corporate Bodies

  • Nazi Party

Subjects

  • Nazis--Germany.
  • Germany.

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.

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