Edith Bredehoft papers

Identifier
irn516267
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.136
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Chinese
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516267

Extent and Medium

folder

1

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.

Edith Bredehoft donated the Edith Bredehoft papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.

Scope and Content

The Edith Bredehoft papers consist of a letter and three postcards sent from Dachau concentration camp by Oskar Richter to Klara (Clara) Richter, circa 1938-1939; and an identifcation card issued to Dr. Oskar Richter in Shanghai, China.

System of Arrangement

The Edith Bredehoft papers is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Richter, Oskar.
  • Richter, Klara.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--China--Shanghai.
  • Concentration camp inmates' writings--Germany--Dachau.
  • Refugees.
  • Shanghai (China)
  • Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai--History--20th century.
  • Germany.
  • China.
  • Concentration camp inmates.

Genre

  • Letters.
  • Document
  • Identification cards.
  • Postcards.
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