Carl Gärtig collection
Extent and Medium
folder
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Creator(s)
- Carl Gärtig
Biographical History
Carl Gärting, who was not Jewish, was arrested in 1935 for treasonous activities including publishing and distributing anti-Nazi material. He was imprisoned at Kassel, Germany from 1935-1938, and in Buchenwald concentration camp from 1938 until its liberation in April 1945. While in Buchenwald, Gärting worked as a baker in the camp and supported other prisoners by sneaking food and other items to them.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Dr. Thomas Gärtig donated the Carl Gärtig papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 and 2006.
Scope and Content
The Carl Gärtig papers consists of color photocopies of photographs, letters, and documents relating Carl Gärtig and his family while he was imprisoned in Kassel, Germany and Buchenwald concentration camp; post-war letters written to Gärtig from fellow survivors; pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs; a brief biography of Carl Gärtig; and Carl Gärtig's memories of the death of Reverend Paul Schneider (1897-1939) in Buchenwald concentration camp.
System of Arrangement
The Carl Gärtig papers are arranged in a single series.
People
- Gärtig, Carl.
- Schneider, Paul, 1897-1939.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Concentration camp inmates.