Morton Dannenbirsch letters

Identifier
irn504202
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0266
  • RG-10.110
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504202

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

In 1994 Hedy Green, Morton Dannenbirsch's sister, donated copies of letters written by Morton to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

Morton Dannenbirsch served with the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II and the letters describe his impressions of the first Seder conducted in Belgium after the Nazi occupation and how he traced and found some Dutch Holocaust survivors, which his family knew, in a concentration camp near Groningen, the Netherlands.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jews--Netherlands.
  • Soldiers' writings.
  • Jews--Belgium.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Passover.

Genre

  • Document
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