Deutsch family papers

Identifier
irn510921
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.282
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn510921

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received these papers from Margo Kasdan on Aug 15, 2002.

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence between Alexander Hoffmann and his sister Roszi Hoffmann Deutsch. Roszi Hoffmann immigrated to the United States in 1921 and married Eugene Deutsch, while Alexander Hoffmann remained in Cluj, Romania (which became Kolozsvar, Hungary in 1940). Letters include references to Alexander's experiences on the "Kasztner Train" from Budapest to Bergen-Belsen, then to Switzerland; requests from immigration assistance to the United States from Montreaux; and mentions meeting Reszo Kastner in Switzerland.

People

  • Kasztner, Rezső Rudolf, 1906-1957.

Subjects

  • Montreux (Switzerland)

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.