Peter Fischer collection

Identifier: irn510942
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn510942

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Peter Fischer in 2002.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of manuscript material and three-dimensional objects relating to Peter Fischer and is wife, Gertrude Adler's, experiences in concentration camps in Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Poland during the Holocaust and after liberation.

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Peter Fischer papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn511377
- English
- 1944-1945
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of a letter from Peter Fischer in a Sachsenhausen subcamp to Otto Schönshal in Gaya, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic); an identification card issued to the donor in Brno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic); and an identification certificate issued to Gertrude Adler, the donor's wife, by the Allied Expeditionary Force.
Star of David badge with Jude printed in the center
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn511378
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
The badge was worn by Peter Fischer in Germany.
Prisoner identification patch
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn511379
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
The badge was worn by Gertrude Adler donor's wife in the Allendorf concentration camp munitions factory.

Peter Fischer collection

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Peter Fischer papers

Star of David badge with Jude printed in the center

Prisoner identification patch