Rudolf Heilborn postcards from Buchenwald

Identifier
irn503765
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0004 DUP
  • RG-04.041
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503765

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Rudolf Heilborn

Biographical History

Rudolf Heilborn was imprisoned in Buchenwald and released in 1938. He and his wife Ruth Heilborn subseqently emigrated from Gleiwitz, Germany to the United States.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Ruth Heilborn. Ruth is the wife of Rudolf Heilborn.

Scope and Content

Contains two postcards written by Rudolf Heilborn from Buchenwald to Ruth Heilborn in Gleiwitz, Germany, in November and December of 1938. Rudolf Heilborn was among the Jews of Gleiwitz who were arrested by the Gestapo during Kristallnacht then deported to Buchenwald.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Gleiwitz (Germany)

Genre

  • Postcards.
  • Document
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